EU ADDS NEW CHEMICALS TO SURFACE WATER CONTROLS
July 1st, 2013THE EUROPEAN Union (EU) is adding 11 chemicals, including textile finishing chemicals perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) and Hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDD), to a list of chemicals whose release into lakes, rivers and groundwater is tightly controlled. Member states will have to impose restrictions from December 22, 2018, under a revised directive 2008/105/EC on environmental quality standards in water policy. *http://register.consilium.europa.eu/pdf/en/13/pe00/pe00021.en13.pdf
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