Scientifically unfounded precaution drives European Commission's recommendations on EDC regulation, while defying common sense, well-established science and risk assessment principles

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 223, Issue 2, 2013, Pages A1-A4

  Dekant, Wolfgang ^a   Kehrer, James P ^a  

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ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR;

EDITORIAL; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EUROPE; GOVERNMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LAW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY; SCIENCE; SCIENTIST; WELFARE; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; STANDARD; STANDARDS; TOXICITY;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84887225978     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2013.07.010     Document Type: Editorial

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