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"Mr President, I thank the rapporteur for the work she has done, and the cooperation she has had with other rapporteurs has been very helpful. This is an interesting issue. These substances are dangerous, they are toxic. But they also have an extremely useful and important role in that they save lives in their role as fire-retardants. There is absolutely no question about that fact. We have to very carefully consider how we deal with these substances. It is quite clear that penta and probably octa are really not necessary and that the risks they pose to the environment and human health do not justify their continued use as flame-retardants.
But I urge Parliament to pause for a moment and think seriously about what alternatives there are to these very useful flame retardants. Can we still use deca in a sensible and serious way? Will the risk assessments finally rule out its use? We simply do not know because we have not had the risk assessments. The Commission has to press Member States to come forward with them as quickly as possible. We want this issue resolved. We want to know exactly what to do with these substances. For the moment it is an open question. I hope that we use our intelligence in this question and realise the importance of these substances in protecting human life as flame-retardants."@en1
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