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The European Green Deal envisages a review of measures addressing pollution from large industrial installations, with a view to aligning existing legislation with the EU's zero pollution ambition, and energy, climate and circular economy policy goals. On 5 April 2022, the European Commission tabled a proposal to revise the Industrial Emissions Directive, the main European Union instrument regulating pollutant emissions from industry, together with a proposal to revise the Regulation establishing ...

This briefing provides an initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment (IA) accompanying the above-mentioned proposal for a revision of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED), and the proposal for a revision of the European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (E-PRTR) Regulation, submitted on 5 April 2022 and referred to the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) Committee of the European Parliament. With the adoption of the European ...

The amount of clothes bought in the EU per person has increased by 40 % in just a few decades, driven by a fall in prices and the increased speed with which fashion is delivered to consumers. Clothing accounts for between 2 % and 10 % of the environmental impact of EU consumption. This impact is often felt in third countries, as most production takes place abroad. The production of raw materials, spinning them into fibres, weaving fabrics and dyeing require enormous amounts of water and chemicals ...

This study looks at the neurotoxicity of environmental pollutants. Industrial advances and the unending search for more sophisticated manufacturing processes mean that new chemicals are being manufactured and synthesised all the time. The wide range of these, and the highly diversified ways in which they are used, represent a potential risk to health and more particularly to our central and peripheral nervous systems which, by virtue of their structure and make-up, are especially susceptible to environmental ...

Indoor Pollution - An Overview

Djupanalys 01-07-1997

This is a study which looks at the potential health problems of working in an indoor office environment, where air conditioning and the use of various materials and solvents can contribute to respiratory and other difficulties.