Brussels, 02/07/2013 (Agence Europe) - Updating of the list of products that could negatively affect surface water quality in the EU has been cleared. Said substances will need monitoring and their presence in water reduced because, on 2 July, the European Parliament (EP) endorsed an agreement reached in three-way talks on updating the list of harmful products appended to the EU Water Directive (2000/60/EC) by a wide majority (646 to 51, with 14 abstentions).
The agreement reached with the...