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Medical Doctors say yes to REACH
CPME publication date: Wednesday, November 9, 2005MePRESS RELEASE
MEDICAL DOCTORS SAY YES TO REACH!
No, cancer does NOT spare children ! And those affected are more and more numerous each year. Just as worrying, in Europe, 1 child out of 7 suffers from asthma, 15% couples cannot have children, and the number of congenital malformations is growing. The development of all these diseases seems to be linked mainly to the toxic role of chemical pollutants in our environment. That is what the Paris Appeal* initiated by ARTAC and supported by CPME last year.
What does the Paris Appeal stand for? : to protect children by adopting more stringent toxicological standards, to take all possible steps to prohibit or monitor very strictly the use of dangerous substances that are carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic for reproduction (CMR). And accordingly, to reinforce the terms of the launch on the market of these substances with the European regulation proposal REACH.
CPME favours the REACH proposal as initiated by the European Commission.
It is now up to European political decision-makers to prove their determination in slowing down this epidemic of new diseases by reinforcing and strengthening REACH. Due to the environmental origin of many diseases, prevention, nowadays, is the responsability of us all . If governing means anticipating, let’s save future generations : support REACH.
* The Paris Appeal : International declaration on diseases due to chemical pollution.
Refer to www.artac.info
Contact:
Marie Vigorie Lisette Tiddens-Engwirda
General Director Secretary General
Association for Research and Treatments Standing Committee of
Against Cancer European Doctors (CPME)
57-59 rue de la Convention Rue de la Science, 41 B-1040
75015 PARIS BRUSSELS
Tel: +33 (0) 1 45 78 53 52 Tel: +32 (0) 2 732 72 02
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