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The title about environmental quality standards in the field of water policy does not really correspond to its content, in that it focuses on harmful substances in surface waters and on sediments which come solely from pesticides.
Other contaminants, such as industrial waste water, urban waste water, landfill leachate, thermal pollution from corresponding sources, the pollution of lakes with air pollutants from incineration units which are brought down with the weather etc., are left out of account. However, the chemical pollution of surface waters may cause disruptions to water ecosystems, destroying biodiversity, or contaminants may accumulate in the food chain from poisoned fish. Moreover, it is clear that the Commission’s intention is to target and blame agriculture as being the sole factor responsible for the chemical contamination of surface waters. Moreover, the ‘polluter pays’ principle does not stop pollution, but it does legalise the inconsiderate actions of industry and other monopolies.
No specific measures are proposed for controlling the sources of the disposal of ‘priority substances’, both dangerous and harmless, the concentration limits of which are dealt with in the proposal for a directive.
Nonetheless, the report does expand the limited content of the directive in order to achieve more effective protection of waters. Ultimately, however, both the content and the orientation are a long way from contemporary needs for protection of the social right to high-quality water, which must be complete and not partial and fragmented."@en1
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