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Swedish social democratic MEP Jytte Guteland urged her colleagues to object to the European Commission's definitions of endocrine disruptors. (Photo: European Parliament)

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Endocrine legislation could be delayed years after veto

EU legislation on endocrine disruptors could take years to emerge, after the European Parliament last week blocked an EU effort to define toxic chemicals, amid allegations that the file had been watered down by the chemicals industry.

In a vote in Strasbourg on Wednesday (4 October) 389 MEPs voted to shoot down the European Commission's proposal to define endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDC) - that is, chemicals that can interfere with human hormone systems at certain dosages.

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