Metrology for monitoring endocrine disrupting compounds under the Water Framework Directive
Natural and pharmaceutical estrogens are key Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) which are monitored differently depending on the country, and for which standardised reference methods are currently not available.
The overall objective of the project is to develop reliable and harmonised measurement methods for estrogens, to comply with the Water Framework Directive requirements (Directive 2013/39EC, Commission Directive 2009/90/EC and Commission Implementation Decision (EU) 2018/840). The outcomes of this project, in particular the validated mass spectrometry-based reference methods, will be disseminated to CEN/ TC 230 and ISO/ TC 147 to be fed into the documentary standards they develop.