Sweden to sue Commission over delays to rules on chemicals | EurActiv

Sweden to sue Commission over delays to rules on chemicals | EurActiv:

Sweden will sue the European Commission to force it to speed up work on identifying and banning chemicals some researchers say may disrupt human hormones and cause disease, the environment minister said on Thursday (22 May).

Lena Ek said the Commission was supposed to have drawn criteria for testing for suspected endocrine disruptors, found in everything from food and cleaning products to plastic containers.

But officials had failed to provide that information by a December 2013 deadline and her government would take the case to the European Court of Justice, she added.

Chemicals protective suit

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