Brussels, 07/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - In order to reduce the impact that detergents have on the aquatic environment, five Community directives adopted in the 1970s made it compulsory for detergents to be largely biodegradable (their main environmental aim, which is largely reached today, was to avoid foam forming in rivers and waterways). As of 8 October, a regulation will take the place of these directives to introduce stricter trial methods in biodegradability of surface agents contained...