… The following contents contain this medium: Environmental effects of pharmaceutical substances … Antibiotic residues are released into the environment through their use …

… guide for public authorities Forest flooded with sunlight Source: doris oberfrank-list / Fotolia.com Pesticides may only be applied on Natura 2000 sites if the … EU which aim to ensure the survival of valuable and threatened species and habitats listed under the Birds Directive and Habitats Directive. New research has shown that …

… said the objective was to reduce the use of pesticides instead of extending the list of banned products. The strategy mirrors the wishes of EU citizens, she said. … would inflict costs on farmers, who would be allowed to apply synthetic chemical substances only in exceptional circumstances. They would have to rely on … the use of the most toxic chemicals and fostering the application of less harmful substances as well as alternative methods to protect crops. Revenue from such a tax …

… disposal. Sewage treatment plants are often unable to completely remove these substances, meaning that they end up in the water cycle . Due to their high biological activity, pharmaceutical substances have a targeted effect on organisms and can influence not only the human … disposal method, citizens have to inform themselves how to safely dispose of those substances on the Internet, which has an abundance of information of how to do so …

… in deriving European "Human Biomonitoring Guidance Values" (HBM-GV) for several substances and involving all the partners in Europe. Guidance values are now … from 94 HBM studies and 37 harmonised datasets are available for seven priority substances (relevant for policy-making). These substances include aniline, bisphenols, cadmium and chromium VI, flame retardants, …

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