I. Preliminary Opinions open for comments:

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER SAFETY (SCCS)

Cosmetic ingredients

The safety of cosmetic ingredients HEMA and Di-HEMA Trimethylhexyl Dicarbamate - Submission I
(Open for comments until 26 February 2018)

The safety of Butylphenyl methylpropional (p- BMHCA) in cosmetic products - Submission II
(Open for comments until 19 February 2018)

Skin Sensitisation Quantitative Risk Assessment for Fragrance Ingredients (QRA2) - Submission I
(Open for comments until 22 January 2018)

II. Opinions being finalised:

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER SAFETY (SCCS)

Water-soluble zinc salts used in oral hygiene products - Submission I

Titanium Dioxide (nano form) as UV-Filter in sprays

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND EMERGING RISKS (SCHEER)

Potential risks to human health of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs)

III. Final Opinions:

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER SAFETY (SCCS)

Cosmetic ingredients

Addendum to the Opinion on Climbazole (P64)
Adopted on 24 - 25 October 2017

Methoxypropylamino Cyclohexenylidene Ethoxyethylcyanoacetate (S87) - Submission I
Adopted on 14 July 2017

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND EMERGING RISKS (SCHEER)

Medical Devices

Scientific advice on the evaluation of the availability of new scientific information on the safety of PIP breast implants
Adopted on 28 September 2017

Scientific advice on the state of scientific knowledge regarding a possible connection between breast implants and anaplastic large cell lymphoma
Adopted on 19 October 2017

Toys

Final Opinion on the tolerable intake of aluminium with regards to adapting the migration limits for aluminium in toys
Adopted on 28 September 2017

Water Quality

Scientific advice on Guidance Document n°27: Technical Guidance for Deriving Environmental Quality Standards
Adopted on 15 September 2017

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON CONSUMER SAFETY (SCCS)

The SCCS currently has 14 requests for new Opinions on a variety of topics, including methodologies and nanomaterials in cosmetics and other cosmetic ingredients.

See all requests for new SCCS Opinions

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, ENVIRONMENTAL AND EMERGING RISKS (SCHEER)

Request for a scientific Opinion on emerging environmental issues within the field of "New technologies in the Urban environment"

Request for guidelines on the benefit-risk assessment of the presence of phthalates in certain medical devices covering phthalates which are carcinogenic, mutagenic, toxic to reproduction (CMR) or have endocrine-disrupting properties

Request for a scientific Opinion on public health impacts and risks resulting from onshore hydrocarbon exploration and production in the European Union

Request for a scientific advice on a new fuel marker

Request for a revision of the 'Memorandum on weight of evidence and uncertainties'

Update of Position Statement on emerging and newly identified health risks to be drawn to the attention of the European Commission (self-mandate)

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SCCS - PLENARY MEETINGS

5th plenary meeting, Luxembourg, 24-25 October 2017

7th Plenary meeting, Luxembourg, 28 September 2017

Read the minutes of the SCCS Working Group meetings

Read the minutes of the SCHEER Working Group meetings

Scientific Advice on breast implants

Aluminium in Toys – Final scientific opinion

Science factsheets

Will using non-human primates in biomedical research and testing soon be a thing of the past?
Now also available in French, German, Spanish and Italian.

Web summaries

The need for non-human primates in biomedical research, production and testing of products and devices (update 2017)
Now also available in French, German, Spanish and Italian.

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Infographics

Infographics explaining the risk assessment activities of the Scientific Committees, with an example for SCCS and SCHEER
Now also available in French, German and Spanish.

Dynamic web presentation explaining the risk assessment activities of the Scientific Committees
This web presentation is based on the infographics about the Scientific Committees' risk assessment activities to help non-experts better visualise and understand the risk assessment process.

Videos

Have you seen the video on the European Commission's Scientific Committees?
It explains the work of the Committees in a clear and simple way and shows how their work impacts EU legislation. It's also available with subtitles in five languages.

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