A new study on incinerators in three Member States - Spain, the Czech Republic and Lithuania - published on 27 January by the NGO Zero Waste Europe (ZWE) reveals a high level of contamination in the vicinity of waste incinerators, which represents a significant risk to the environment and health, the NGO says.
The biomonitoring study shows, for example, that the majority of eggs analysed exceed the EU recommended limits for food safety (Commission Recommendation l2013/711/EU on dioxins and...