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HCWH's Anja Leetz attends release of ChemSec's SIN List 2.0: Substances of Very High Concern under REACH
Brussels —
We welcome the SIN list 2.0 and its focus on endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). EDCs are found in medical devices - exempt from REACH. We must not only identify EDCs, but regulate them under the medical devices directive too - they are meant to protect and not harm.
HCWH Europe
Today Anja Leetz from HCWH Europe will attend ChemSec's Public Hearing on Endocrine Disrupters and Launch of the SIN List 2.0.
ChemSec today launches a concrete tool for action on highly problematic endocrine disrupting chemicals. The first set of chemicals identified as Substances of Very High Concern under REACH solely due to their endocrine disrupting properties will be presented today in Brussels. These 22 substances, many of them commonly found in toys, food packaging, and cosmetics, have been incorporated into the SIN List 2.0.
The body of evidence showing that Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) cause health and environmental problems is growing. The EU has the ambition to tackle the threat of EDCs but has so far been unable to agree on criteria for what qualifies as an EDC, nor been able to act on them as a group. It is time to overcome the deadlock in European regulation regarding EDCs.
ChemSec press release:
SIN List 2.0 targets endocrine disrupting
chemicals for priority action in the EU
Joint NGO Position Paper:
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE PROPER REGULATION OF CHEMICALS
WITH ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING PROPERTIES
Health Care Without Harm is an international coalition of more than 500 organizations in 53 countries, working to transform the health care sector worldwide, without compromising patient safety or care, so that it is ecologically sustainable and no longer a source of harm to public health and the environment. Visit the HCWH website for more information.
