On Tuesday 9 March, the European Commission published its third report on the implementation of EU Regulation (850/2004) on persistent organic pollutants (POPs), chemical substances that are used in pesticides and industrial processes, last for many years and ‘bioaccumulate’, thereby posing a risk to human health and the environment.
The report, which covers the period 2010-2013, concludes that the regulatory measures established “have had the intended impact”, as emissions of the...