Translation of "nocif pour la santé humaine " (French → English) :

The precautionary principle should be applied and this Regulation should ensure that industry demonstrates that substances or products produced or placed on the market do not have any harmful effect on human or animal health or any unacceptable effects on the environment.

In particular, it promotes the replacement of those solvents having the most serious health effects with potentially less harmful substitutes.

While at this point there is still significant controversy over whether or not thimerosal in vaccines causes adverse health effects in humans, it is important to note that in 1991 the World Health Organization (WHO) concluded that a safe level of mercury exposure below which no adverse effects occur, had never been established.

Where the existence of a serious risk is confirmed in accordance with paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the final destination of the contaminated consignment, including possible decontamination, reprocessing or destruction, cannot have harmful effects on human or animal health or on the environment and where it is possible that the contamination or the hazard has extended to other consignments or to the feed or food chain they shall immediately identify and put under control other consignments of the products deemed hazardous and also, where appropriate, identify live animals fed with hazardous products and implement the measu ...[+++]res provided for in Directive 96/23/EC or in other relevant Community provisions relating to animal health or to the food safety of products of animal origin ensuring coordination between the relevant control services, in order to avoid the hazardous products being put into circulation and to ensure the enforcement of recall procedures for the products already in circulation.

Where the existence of a serious risk is confirmed in accordance with paragraph 1, Member States shall ensure that the final destination of the consignment containing undesirable substances , including possible decontamination, further action to render the products harmless, reprocessing or destruction, cannot have harmful effects on human or animal health or on the environment and where it is possible that the undesirable substances or the risk of such substances being present has extended to other consignments or to the feed or food chain they shall immediately identify and put under control other consignments of the products deemed ha ...[+++]zardous and also, where appropriate, identify live animals fed with hazardous products and implement the measures provided for in Directive 96/23/EC or in other relevant Community provisions relating to animal health or to the food safety of products of animal origin ensuring coordination between the relevant control services, in order to avoid the hazardous products being put into circulation and to ensure the enforcement of recall procedures for the products already in circulation.

With regard to the need to protect quality and fight the undisputed negative effects on health, we should support a rebate of 2% on aid, with a view to funding research into improving the quality of known varieties and reducing harmful effects on human health.