Proceedings of the Workshop on "Endocrine Disruptors and Impact on Health"

Gustaaf Borchardt (European Commission, DG Environment) , Tapani Piha (European Commission, DG SANCO) , Jacqueline McGlade (European Environment Agency) , Peter Korytar (European Commission, DG Environment) , Jim Bridges (Univ. of Surrey) , Andreas Kortenkamp (Institute for the Environment, Brunel University, London) , Alberto Mantovani (National Health Institute of Health, ISS, Italy) , Peter Smith (Programme Product Stewardship, CEFIC); Yannick Vicaire (Réseau Environment Santé, RES)

This report summarises the presentations and discussions at the Workshop on Endocrine Disruptors and Health, held at the European Parliament in Brussels, on Tuesday 18 September 2012. The aim of the workshop was to better understand the impacts of endocrine disruptors on health and to provide input into the ongoing policy discussions at EU-level. The workshop was hosted and chaired by MEP Åsa Westlund (S&D, SE), Rapporteur for the Parliament’s own initiative report on the “Protection of public health from endocrine disruptors”.

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