After adoption of the criteria to identify endocrine-disrupting substances, the legal obligations under the Biocides and PPP legislations will be fulfilled, and the EU’s will be the first regulatory system worldwide to define scientific criteria for endocrine disruptor in legislation.
The Cosmetics sector will take advantage of these criteria, but assessment of potential endocrine-disrupting activities will remain a challenge unless animal test methods can be replaced with scientifically robust alternatives.
