EU PANEL CRITICISES SWEDEN PLANS FOR NEW CADMIUM LIMIT FOR FERTILISERS
March 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SWEDISH government plans to tighten limits on the amount of cadmium allowed in fertilisers spread on Sweden's farms have run into criticism from the European Union's (EU) scientific committee on health and environmental risks. It had been asked by the European Commission to assess the proposed rule change reducing the maximum cadmium content of mineral phosphate fertilisers in Sweden from 100 mg Cd/kg P to 46 mg Cd/kg P. Under EU fertiliser rules, EU member states cannot impose cadmium limit on fertilisers without Brussels' permission. And after ...
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