Abstract
We, the undersigned editors of journals of pharmacology and toxicology, are drawing your attention to the imminent decisions by the European Commission to enforce a regulatory framework for so-called endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs).1 The currently drafted framework is based on virtually complete ignorance of all well-established and taught principles of pharmacology and toxicology, of opinions raised by the European Commission’s own competent expert authority (European Food Safety Authority (EFSA 2013), and of critical statements made by member countries, while avoiding asking for support from the European Commission’s own scientific expert committees.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 381-382 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | ALTEX : Alternatives to Animal Experimentation |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
Keywords
- endocrine disruptors
- environmental exposure
- european union
- humans
- international agencies
- occupational exposure
- pharmaceutical preparations
- risk assessment
- toxicity tests
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Dietrich, D. R., von Aulock, S., Marquardt, H., Blaauboer, B., Dekant, W., Kehrer, J., Hengstler, J., Collier, A., Batta Gori, G., Pelkonen, O., Lang, F., Nijkamp, F. P., Stemmer, K., Li, A., Savolainen, K., Wallace Hayes, A., Gooderham, N., & Harvey, A. (2013). Scientifically unfounded precaution drives European Commission's recommendations on EDC regulation, while defying common sense, well-established science and risk assessment principles. ALTEX : Alternatives to Animal Experimentation , 30(3), 381-382.