1 Amendments of Soledad CABEZÓN RUIZ related to 2017/0004(COD)
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 11 a (new)
Recital 11 a (new)
(11a) Formaldehyde is routinely used in health care facilities for standardized fixation of patients’ tissue specimens and the pathologist’s diagnosis of a variety of diseases, including cancer, is based on the recognition of microscopic findings in formalin-fixed tissue; as long as validation of other fixatives potentially able to replace the crucial role of formalin in patients’ care is not available, Health Care sector shall be explicitly exempted from any formaldehyde limitation of use that could result in multiple diagnostic mistakes and serious harm to countless European patients; likewise, the Health Care facilities should implement appropriate measures for keeping formaldehyde exposure of their staff within safe limits;