Brussels, 31/01/2012 (Agence Europe) - To further reduce risks to public health ands the environment from water pollution, the European Commission is proposing to add 15 chemical substances to the list of 33 priority pollutants which are monitored and subject to control under EU law (the list of priority substances listed in Annex X of Directive 2000/60/EC, known as the Water Framework Directive).
Among these additional substances feature, for the first time, pharmaceutical products which,...