Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of Breast Cancer UK's new report 'EDCs: Hiding In Plain Sight'; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of banning endocrine disrupting chemicals.

Regulatory action can and has been taken to address the risks from endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs). The concern for EDCs, which have been linked to numerous human health and wildlife impacts, is a complex scientific issue. Our approach to risk assessment and management makes use of the best available evidence to maintain high standards of protection. We commission research and engage with the scientific community, experts within our regulatory bodies and NGOs to build understanding of EDCs.