EU POLLUTION MONITOR

BY KEITH NUTHALLA COMPREHENSIVE European Union (EU) register of industrial pollution will be created by 2009, following the approval of the idea by the European Parliament and the EU Council of Ministers. This European Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) will contain data on more than 91 polluting substances released into the EU's air, water and land from 65 industrial activities. As such, it will build on the existing European Pollutant Emission Register (EPER) launched last year, which reports on more than 91 substances from 65 activities. As with its ...


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