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US and Australia criticise EU's proposed EDC restrictions
Nov. 17, 2017
The US and Australia have complained to the WTO that hazard-based EU proposals to regulate endocrine-disrupting substances (EDCs) in biocidal and plant protection products will harm international trade.
The US went a step further, arguing that the proposals could violate a WTO agreement on agricultural sanitation measures.
On 4 October, the European Parliament vetoed the European Commission's pending EDC proposal for plant protection products. The action was based on objections to provisions that would exempt some substances with endocirne-disrupting properties from the criteria.
Read more at ChemicalWatch: https://chemicalwatch.com/61102/us-and-australia-criticise-eus-proposed-edc-restrictions
Source: ChemicalWatch
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