EU COUNCIL BACKS BOOSTING PESTICIDE CONTROLS FOR DRINKING WATER
February 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) environment ministers have given informal backing to a European Commission plan to tighten EU controls on pesticides, a key pollutant of concern for water utilities. A formal vote will be taken at a June EU Council of Ministers meeting on a tabled regulation and a directive, which toughen environmental and health standards for pesticides undergoing market approval applications.
EUROPEAN Union (EU) environment ministers have given informal backing to a European Commission plan to tighten EU controls on pesticides, a key pollutant of concern for water utilities. A formal vote will be taken at a June EU Council of Ministers meeting on a tabled regulation and a directive, which toughen environmental and health standards for pesticides undergoing market approval applications.
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