Phthalates: a ban too far?

Authors
Sharpe, M
Citation
M. Sharpe, Phthalates: a ban too far?, J ENVIR MON, 2(1), 2000, pp. 4N-7N
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Environment/Ecology
Journal title
JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING
ISSN journal
14640325 → ACNP
Volume
2
Issue
1
Year of publication
2000
Pages
4N - 7N
Database
ISI
SICI code
1464-0325(2000)2:1<4N:PABTF>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
Science and politics often have an uneasy relationship. Never more so than when it comes to the interpretation of risk. Is the EU's ban on phthalate p lasticisers the latest example of scientific advice becoming the casualty o f political decision-making?