EurEau newsletter - February 2023
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EurEau position on Environmental Quality Standards (EQS)
EurEau welcomes the enlargement of the Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) lists as a prerequisite to providing safe and affordable drinking water services to consumers and as an effective means of protecting the environment.
Oder disaster report calls for stricter rules on industrial discharges
The European Commission and the European Environmental Agency (EEA) have published a report on last year’s ecological disaster in the river Oder, where 360 tonnes of fish were killed by a toxic algal bloom.
EurEau position on the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive
EurEau welcomes the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast), as its more ambitious objectives will align better with the overarching UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal, while enhancing the governance of the wastewater sector and people’s access to sanitation.
MEP Wiener SUR report a positive step for Europe’s water future
The European Parliament’s Rapporteur for the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Regulation (SUR) published their report on the proposed legislation this week, highlighting that polluters should be financially responsible for any environmental damage they incur.
ECHA publishes PFAS restriction proposal
The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has published the details of the proposed PFAS group restriction comprising more than 10 000 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
EurEau newsletter - January 2023
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PFAS restriction: is the end in sight?
Danish, German, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish national authorities have submitted a proposal to ECHA to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under REACH. These authorities have investigated different PFAS, their uses and the risks they may pose to people and the environment.
EurEau calls for solid action to support CLP Regulation
The European Commission has published its proposal for a revised CLP Regulation. We now need solid action such as the extension of the generic approach to risk management to all these new hazard classes
Open letter, urging an ambitious revision of REACH
We need to lower the chemical burden on human health and on the environment. A timely revision of REACH is to plan and take accountability for the future.