Since 2020, the “Endocrine Disruptor Lists” website, compiled and updated by five national authorities in European Union Member States, has compiled a list of substances known or suspected to act as endocrine disruptors. The latest update was published at the end of December 2024.
As a reminder, this website was set up at the initiative of the competent authorities in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark, joined in 2021 by Spain. Its main aim is to provide information on the status of substances identified as endocrine disruptors or under evaluation in the EU for their endocrine-disrupting properties.
It comprises three lists, which are updated regularly.
• List I: substances identified as endocrine disruptors at EU level.
• List II: Substances under assessment for endocrine disruption under EU legislation.
• List III: Substances considered by a national authority to have endocrine disrupting properties.
With regard to the substances on these lists that may be used in cosmetics, this latest update mainly involves:
• Triphenyl Phosphate: moved from List II toward List I, following its identification as SVHC and the publication of the SCCS final Opinion;
• several substances belong to the group “4-Nonylphenol, branched and linear, ethoxylated”: added to List I;
• Daidzein and Genistein: removed from List II, following the publication of the SCCS final Opinion;
• Trimethyl Pentanyl Diisobutyrate: added to List II following the intention of CLH classification CLH from Norway;
• Dimethylaminopropylamine: added to List II following …
