Activities of Pavel POC related to 2012/2066(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Protection of public health from endocrine disrupters (debate)
Amendments (13)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Heading 1
Heading 1
on the protection of public health, wildlife and environment from endocrine disrupters
Amendment 18 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A a (new)
Recital A a (new)
Aa. whereas there is now significant scientific evidence that hormone-related disorders in wildlife including reproductive abnormalities, masculinisation of gastropods, feminisation of fish or decline of many mollusc populations in various parts of the world, are linked to the impact of chemicals with endocrine-disrupting properties;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D – indent 4
Recital D – indent 4
– endocrine disrupters can interact with each other and with the body's own hormonesendocrine system;
Amendment 45 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Considers, on the basis of an overall assessment of the state of knowledge, that the precautionary principle requires us as legislators to take measures to reduce human, wildlife and environmental exposure to endocrine disruptors to a minimum;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Takes the view that the feared effects of endocrine disruptors are so serious that the absence of precise knowledge, including exact knowledge of causal links, should not prevent us from taking measures to protect humans and animals, wildlife and environment;
Amendment 76 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5
Paragraph 5
5. Takes the view that the criteria for defining endocrine disruptors should be based on criteria for defining ‘adverse effect’ and ‘endocrine mode of action’; considers that both these criteria must be weighed up in parallel in order to carry out a comprehensive assessment; considers that proven effects should be assumed to be harmful as long as there is no scientific data to indicate the opposite; stresses that any possible combination effects such as mixtures or cocktail effects should be taken into consideration;
Amendment 105 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10
Paragraph 10
10. Calls on the Commission, in its review of EU strategy on endocrine disruptors, to place greater emphasis on the precautionary principle and work towards reducing human, wildlife and environmental exposure to endocrine disruptors;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to carry out as soon as possible and no later than 2014 a systematic examination of all relevant current legislation, including considering the possibility of banning classified substances which are mutagenic and toxic for reproduction and substances which are on the Commission's own priority list of EDCs in consumer products, and, where necessary, to propose new legislation so as to reduce the exposure of human beings, particularly foetuses, babies, children and teenagers, to hormone disruptors; calls on the Commission to submit legislative proposals for chemicals in textiles and building materials, and stresses in particular the importance of reviewing legislation on materials and products intended to come into contact with food, so as to reduce human exposure to endocrine disruptors;
Amendment 117 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to carry out a systematic examination of all relevant current legislation and, where necessary, to propose new legislation so as to reduce the exposure of human beings, particularly foetuses, babies, children and teenagers, to hormone disruptors; calls on the Commission to submit legislative proposals for chemicals in textiles and, building materials, car, truck and machinery components and interiors, and stresses in particular the importance of reviewing legislation on materials and products intended to come into contact with food, so as to reduce human exposure to endocrine disruptors;
Amendment 119 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls on the Commission to carry out a systematic examination of all relevant current legislation and, where necessary, to propose new legislation so as to reduce the exposure of human beings, particularly foetuses, babies, children and teenagers, as well as wildlife and environment to hormone disruptors; calls on the Commission to submit legislative proposals for chemicals in textiles and building materials, and stresses in particular the importance of reviewing legislation on materials and products intended to come into contact with food, so as to reduce human exposure to endocrine disruptors;
Amendment 121 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12 a (new)
Paragraph 12 a (new)
12 a. Stresses in particular the importance of reviewing legislation with regard to daily exposure to multiple potential endocrine disruptors from materials and products intended for everyday use, such as cosmetics, personal care products, household products, air fresheners, cookware, plastic bottles and containers, food packaging, processed foods, pesticides, furniture, building materials, car, truck and machinery components and interiors, electronics, toys, textiles, medical equipment and materials, taking into account the possibility of multiple causality, latency and low-dose effect, so as to reduce human exposure to endocrine disruptors;
Amendment 136 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14
Paragraph 14
14. Stresses that endocrine disruptors should be regarded as substances for which it is not possible to set a limit value at which effects may occur (‘non-threshold’ substances) and that any exposure to such substances may entail a risk; Stresses that endocrine disruptors should be regarded and regulated to the same standard as CMR substances;
Amendment 147 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16
Paragraph 16
16. Calls on the Commission to include all relevant stakeholders in cooperation seeking to adopt the necessary legislative changes to improve protection of human health, wildlife and environment from hormone-disrupting chemicals;