BETA

2 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2011/0429(COD)

Amendment 31 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 a (new)
(1a) Acknowledging the contribution to human health of pharmaceuticals and at the same time considering that the pollution of water and soil with pharmaceutical residues is an emerging environmental problem, the Commission should, together with Member States and relevant stakeholders, work on a thematic strategy on pharmaceuticals to explore the options of source control measures.
2012/11/13
Committee: ENVI
Amendment 32 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 1 b (new)
(1b) Treating surface water is currently very costly: it is necessary to stimulate the development of breakthrough water technologies, which enable cheaper and more effective water purification, such as for example Eutectic Freeze Crystallization for industrial water, applying benthic algae to reduce nutrients, and microbial fuel cells to treat urine.
2012/11/13
Committee: ENVI