07/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - In a report adopted on Monday 4 May, the European Commission says that it does to intend to propose legislation on the biodegradation of main non-surfactant organic detergent ingredients. It considers that the use of biodegradation as a criterion for approving detergent ingredients is now superfluous, given the exhaustive data that exist (particularly the REACH registration data) on assessing the environmental toxicity risk of these substances. The report can be...