Identification, assessment and management of endocrine disruptors in wildlife in the EU substance legislation

Publikationstyp

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

DOI

https://doi.org/10.60810/openumwelt-135

Identification, assessment and management of endocrine disruptors in wildlife in the EU substance legislation

Discussion paper from the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA)

Autor:innen

Herausgeber

Quelle

Toxicology Letters
(2013), [online article]

Schlagwörter

Risikomanagement, Natürliche Pflanzen- und Tierwelt

Förderkennzeichen (FKZ)

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Zitation

Identification, assessment and management of endocrine disruptors in wildlife in the EU substance legislation. (2013). Toxicology Letters, (2013), [online article]. https://doi.org/10.60810/openumwelt-135

Zusammenfassung englisch

A discussion paper was developed by a panel of experts of the German Federal Environment Agency (UBA) contributing to the on-going debate on the identification, assessment and management of endocrine disruptors with a view to protect wildlife according to the EU substance legislation (plant protection products, biocides, industrial chemicals). Based on a critical synthesis of the state-of-the-art regarding regulatory requirements, testing methods, assessment schemes, decision-making criteria and risk management options, we advise an appropriate and consistent implementation of this important subject into existing chemicals legislation in Europe. Our proposal for a balanced risk management of endocrine disruptors essentially advocates transparent regulatory decision making based on a scientifically robust weight of evidence approach and an adequate risk management consistent across different legislations. With respect to the latter, a more explicit consideration of the principle of proportionality of regulatory decision making and socio-economic benefits in the on-going debate is further encouraged.