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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8506

17 July 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Commission proposes measures to reduce air pollution by heavy metals

Brussels, 16/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission on Wednesday presented a proposed directive aimed at minimising the presence of heavy metals such as arsenic, cadmium, mercury and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in the air as much as possible. "This directive is the last building block of the full overhaul of our air quality legislation, which started with the Air Quality Framework Directive in 1996", said Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström in a press release,...

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