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EU policy on endocrine disruptors

In sintesi 07-03-2013

Endocrine disruptors (EDs) are substances that disturb the functioning of hormones, and are associated with various human health problems, including reduced fertility and reproductive abnormalities. EDs can act at very low doses and are especially dangerous during pregnancy and in infancy.

Indicators of real support make it possible to compare policies across countries. EU farmers are more supported than their US colleagues, but EU support generates little distortion on world markets. US and Canada adjust support to protect farmers from adverse situations. Like the growing levels of support in Russia and China, these policies generate market distortions. Swiss support is directed towards the provision of public goods. In some countries such as Brazil, agricultural support targets innovation ...

The study reviewed if and how social elements are taken into account in Impact Assessments (IA) carried out by the European Commission before adopting legal acts and important communications to consider the effects of policy proposal in the economic, social and environmental dimensions. Quite a few Impact Assessments did not or only marginally consider social elements. Many IA cases are based on general statements and shared assumptions concerning the relations between a set of social and economic ...

The study provides the European Parliament with practicable solutions for raising substantially the efficiency of publicly funded academic research. The survey makes recommendations for raising efficiency - in experimental research using biotechnology as an example, - in the operation of research infrastructure and - in technical research processes. To this end, knowledge gained from commercial production processes is applied to research processes. In this regard it is essential to introduce ...