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"Madam President, I would like to thank the rapporteur for an excellent report and I hope that we can work swiftly on this important problem. I agree with the rapporteur that it is frightening, particularly the effects on generations to come and the effects on unborn children. In recent decades, growing evidence has accumulated on the hormone-like effects of a number of industrial chemicals that have appeared in the environment. These substances have been termed endocrine disrupters. Endocrine disruption is not in itself an adverse outcome but a mechanism, which may have carcinogenic, reproductive, developmental or behavioural effects. Some of these effects can be detected using current testing procedures even though it may not be clear whether the disorder has been brought about through endocrine disruption.
The EU Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Eco-Toxity and the Environment has noted that there is a potentially global problem with wildlife. Equally, the Scientific Committee's opinion on human and wildlife health effects – with emphasis on wildlife – said that the health effects on human beings must be investigated because the associations between endocrine disrupting chemicals and human health disturbances need to be verified. In general, scientists are suspicious of organochlorine compounds such as PCBs.
The Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy has therefore reached certain conclusions, in particular that all 560-plus suspected endocrine disrupting substances need to be fully evaluated. We need to look at these in the Sixth Framework Programme. We need to focus on both women and men. We refer to the technical term "oestrogen" as well as "androgen" so it is not just a male problem."@en1
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