Article: EU Ministers urged to stand up for public health, not the chemical industry; EU Ministers must fix the Chemicals White Paper.

M2 PRESSWIRE-7 March 2001-FRIENDS OF THE EARTH: EU Ministers urged to stand up for public health, not the chemical industry; EU Ministers must fix the Chemicals White Paper (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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Friends of the Earth today challenged EU Ministers to protect public health by strengthening the Commission's flawed White Paper on Chemicals at their informal Environment Council this Thursday, March 8th. The White Paper [1] claims it will protect public health - in fact it will allow the continued use of chemicals which contaminate our bodies or disrupt our hormones, exposing us to unknown future risks.

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