WECF and EDC's
A position paper and policy paper on EDC's - Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals
29.11.2011
1. Requirements for the proper regulation of chemicals with endocrine disrupting properties
ENVIRONMENT AND HEALTH NGOs’ & TRADE UNION’s POSITION
PAPER, APRIL 2011
There are well-founded concerns about the gender disrupting effects of hormone or
endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in wildlife. Furthermore, EDCs are suspected
of playing a role in disrupting human brain development, the deterioration of male
reproductive health, the increased incidence of male and female hormone related
cancers and in the increase in cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. We
therefore call upon the European Commission, Member States and the European
Parliament to put in place the following pre-requisites for the robust regulation of
chemicals with endocrine disrupting properties.
2. Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals under REACH:
EDC and REACH policy paper
Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) have been linked with several health problems
including the deterioration of male reproductive health, the increased incidence of
hormone related cancers and the increase in cardiovascular disease, obesity and
diabetes. Despite this growing weight of evidence, the EU has been very slow in
regulating EDCs.