Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2000-10-25-Speech-3-295"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-10-25"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Endocrine disrupters2
dcterms:Language	"da"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20001025.12.3-295"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-10-25-Speech-3-2962
lpv:speaker	lp:Ulla Margrethe Sandbæk2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; EMPL (2000-03-07--2002-01-14)3 member; Committee on Development and Cooperation (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 member; Members from the European Parliament to the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of the Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Union (ACP-EU) (1999-09-14--2002-01-14)3 unknown; JuniBevægelsen (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; EDD (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Madam President, I should like to thank Torben Lund for the excellent report which he has prepared and which deserves the full support of the entire Parliament. The effects of artificially produced chemicals that are discharged into the environment are clear. There are many examples of damage to the reproductive capacity and development of animals and plants. One of the more unpleasant examples of this is sexual abnormalities observed in bears in the Antarctic. This example shows that the harmful effects of various endocrine disrupters is a global problem that has affected even the most isolated parts of the world. The research results presented by Professor Skakkebæk of Denmark concerning the marked reduction in male sperm quality should also give rise to deep concern. We are actually in a situation in which young men should have their sperm quality tested to see whether they should start a family before they had intended to, simply in order to be fairly certain of having children. As Torben Lund so rightly stated, the precautionary principle should therefore be put at the top of the agenda. It is precisely now that there is reason for using this principle far more aggressively. With reference to the precautionary principle, we shall be able to introduce urgent measures with a view to avoiding possible irreversible damage to humans, animals and plants. It is appropriate now to put practice before fine words concerning the protection of health and the environment and to make use of the principle in an area about which we still know very little. It is the only answer to give to a concerned public. We cannot be too prompt in implementing the report’s recommendations to the effect that future framework legislation on chemical substances should be based both on the precautionary principle and on a reverse burden of proof."@en1

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