A new report shows that the EU countries would save huge amounts every year if the use of endocrine disruptors was reduced. The Nordic environment ministers together demand action from the EU. Every year it costs the EU countries at least 4.5 billion kroner in lost work capacity and higher health care costs because citizens are exposed to endocrine disruptors – and this figure is perhaps only the top of the iceberg. This has emerged from a new report, The Cost of Inaction, that has been prepared by the Nordic Council of Ministers, the official Nordic governmental co-operation.

As a result, the Nordic ministers of the environment are demanding action from the EU Commission. It has already been decided in the 7th Environmental Action Programme that exposure to endocrine disruptors must be minimised. There are, however, many common regulations in the EU for when a chemical substance is an endocrine disruptor. This new report shows that the substances, as well as harming people and the environment, are also an enormous economic burden on society. To read more go to:

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