What is being done?
Short-term action
The short-term actions involve the setting up of information gathering
exercises. These exercises will provide background information from
which medium and long-term actions can be progressed and will also
identify knowledge gaps that may need to be addressed in the future.
The short-term actions include:
- Establishment of a priority
list of substances for further evaluation of their
role in endocrine disruption.
This first step resulted in a study entitled "Towards the
establishment of a priority list of substances for further evaluation
of their role in endocrine disruption - preparation of a candidate
list of substances as a basis for priority setting". A second
step resulted in a study entitled "Study on gathering information
on 435 substances with insufficient data". Finally a third
step resulted in a study entitled: "Study on enhancing the
endocrine disruptor priority with a focus on low production volume
chemicals".
The results of these studies are compiled in a database.
To extract the database, please, follow these instructions:
1. Download the zipped file to your hard-disk
2. Unzip the file and run the database (by a double-click on EDS_2003_DHI2006.mdb).
3. Minimum requirement: MS Access 2003 or later.
- Monitoring levels of suspect chemicals in food and the environment.
- Identification of vulnerable groups of people (such as children)
who need to be given special consideration.
- Establishment of an international network to enable information
exchange and co-ordination of research and testing.
- Communication with the public and continuing consultation with
stakeholders.
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