TY - JOUR
T1 - The EU chemicals strategy for sustainability: in support of the BfR position
AU - Barile, Frank A.
AU - Berry, Sir Colin
AU - Blaauboer, Bas
AU - Boobis, Alan
AU - Bolt, Herrmann M.
AU - Borgert, Christopher
AU - Dekant, Wolfgang
AU - Dietrich, Daniel
AU - Domingo, Jose L.
AU - Galli, Corrado L.
AU - Gori, Gio Batta
AU - Greim, Helmut
AU - Hengstler, Jan G.
AU - Heslop-Harrison, Pat
AU - Kacew, Sam
AU - Marquardt, Hans
AU - Mally, Angela
AU - Pelkonen, Olavi
AU - Savolainen, Kai
AU - Testai, Emanuela
AU - Tsatsakis, Aristides
AU - Vermeulen, Nico P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s).
PY - 2021/9
Y1 - 2021/9
N2 - The EU chemicals strategy for sustainability (CSS) asserts that both human health and the environment are presently threatened and that further regulation is necessary. In a recent Guest Editorial, members of the German competent authority for risk assessment, the BfR, raised concerns about the scientific justification for this strategy. The complexity and interdependence of the networks of regulation of chemical substances have ensured that public health and wellbeing in the EU have continuously improved. A continuous process of improvement in consumer protection is clearly desirable but any initiative directed towards this objective must be based on scientific knowledge. It must not confound risk with other factors in determining policy. This conclusion is fully supported in the present Commentary including the request to improve both, data collection and the time-consuming and bureaucratic procedures that delay the publication of regulations.
AB - The EU chemicals strategy for sustainability (CSS) asserts that both human health and the environment are presently threatened and that further regulation is necessary. In a recent Guest Editorial, members of the German competent authority for risk assessment, the BfR, raised concerns about the scientific justification for this strategy. The complexity and interdependence of the networks of regulation of chemical substances have ensured that public health and wellbeing in the EU have continuously improved. A continuous process of improvement in consumer protection is clearly desirable but any initiative directed towards this objective must be based on scientific knowledge. It must not confound risk with other factors in determining policy. This conclusion is fully supported in the present Commentary including the request to improve both, data collection and the time-consuming and bureaucratic procedures that delay the publication of regulations.
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U2 - 10.1007/s00204-021-03125-w
DO - 10.1007/s00204-021-03125-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 34363510
AN - SCOPUS:85112029117
SN - 0340-5761
VL - 95
SP - 3133
EP - 3136
JO - Archives of Toxicology
JF - Archives of Toxicology
IS - 9
ER -