MEPS BACK ADDING THREE PHARMA CHEMICALS TO SURFACE WATER POLLUTION WATCH LIST
December 1st, 2012
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament's environment committee has backed adding three pharmaceuticals to a European Union (EU) watch list telling member states monitor lakes, rivers and ponds for their presence. MEPs said 17alphaethinylestradiol, 17beta-estradiol and Diclofenac will be among 15 new chemicals whose presence in surface water would be recorded, potentially sparking anti-pollution action if levels are sufficiently high.
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THE EUROPEAN Parliament's environment committee has backed adding three pharmaceuticals to a European Union (EU) watch list telling member states monitor lakes, rivers and ponds for their presence. MEPs said 17alphaethinylestradiol, 17beta-estradiol and Diclofenac will be among 15 new chemicals whose presence in surface water would be recorded, potentially sparking anti-pollution action if levels are sufficiently high.
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