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FROM specialist
Updated: Global ban agreed on flame retardant HBCD
Updated: 14 May 2013 12:46 BSTThe ban comes with a five year exemption covering the vast majority of uses. Nations again failed to block trade in white asbestos
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FROM compliance
Scottish Water fined £10k for polluting two watercourses
1 May 2013 12:07 BST
Two watercourses in Ayrshire and South Lanarkshire were affected in separate pollution incidents
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FROM compliance
Environment Agency updates OPRA banding and charges
24 April 2013 17:36 BSTOverall permitting fees remain the same but newly listed activities may incur a charge
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FROM specialist
Major EU project looks to speed up drinking water virus detection
17 April 2013 15:10 BSTThe project could improve detection of contaminants, particularly in private water supplies
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FROM business
EU study finds low levels of pollutants in sludge
8 April 2013 18:08 BSTA wide-ranging assessment by the EU Joint Research Centre has concluded there is no need for new limits on pollutants in sewage sludge used as fertiliser
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FROM specialist
Traffic pollution’s link to asthma quantified
28 March 2013 11:39 GMT
Greater action to tackle particulates could significantly reduce childhood asthma cases and hospitalisations, research shows
Pollution & Health Comment & Analysis
Large combustion plants look to defer pollution compliance
DEFRA's plan to defer compliance with Industrial Emissions Directive air pollution limits has been questioned
Rise in pollutant emissions to water
The Environment Agency is cutting the number of substances that permitted installations have to report on, but overall UK emissions to water have risen
England and Wales to miss industry regulation deadline
New rules on industrial emissions regulation enter force across the EU this week but will be delayed in England and Wales
Smelter hit with £1.4m damages for odour issues
Norton Aluminium has been ordered to pay damages for odour emissions to 132 residents close to its foundry in Staffordshire
Hormone risks recognised by conference
The international conference on chemicals management has recognised the risks of endocrine disruptors. The EU is working to define these substances
Infringement action looms as UK air quality failures continue FREE
Air quality breaches recorded in the latest annual compliance report leave the UK open to EU infringement proceedings. A complaint and legal action are ongoing
Pollution & Health Document Watch
Quick links to key documents and reports
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17 May 2013
Environment Agency report: Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPE) in imported textiles -
16 May 2013
Welsh Government consultation: The Contaminants in Food (Wales) Regulations 2013 -
14 May 2013
EFSA reasoned opinions on the modification of MRLs for tetraconazole and 8-hydroxyquinoline -
14 May 2013
ECHA CLH public consultations on lenacil and boric acid
