Online event: Why we need an EDC action plan in Germany
EDCsOn January 25, 2023, HEJSupport, PAN Germany and WECF hosted an online event to discuss the need for an ambitious EDC action plan with the Parliamentary State Secretary at the Germany Ministry of Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection Dr. Bettina Hoffmann, Prof. Dr. Josef Köhrle, President of the EDC working group of the European Society of Endocrinology (ESE), and Dr Marike Kolossa-Gehring from Umweltbundesamt.
The main takeaways of the discussion were:
- Political action is urgently needed to protect human health and the environment
- Results from the HBM4U Programme show that exposure of the population to EDCs is high
- We know enough to act
- We need an ambitious German EDC action plan
In her statement, Dr Bettina Hoffmann shared the cornerstones of the planned German action plan, which include:
- Regulation of EDCs
- Awareness raising among the public
- Better cooperation towards protection from EDCs
- More knowledge sharing and research
- Regulation in international policy processes
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