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"en.20111214.22.3-229-000"2
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"In today’s plenary, we voted on Mr Newton Dunn’s report on the use of phosphates in household laundry detergents. A reduction in the percentage of phosphoric acid used in household products is a decisive step on the way to controlling and monitoring the development of methods aimed at curbing toxic and polluting manufacturing processes.
The discharge of phosphorus into the sea leads to the excessive growth of several types of plant life that cause a variety of marine animal and other plant species to die. Fighting the excessive use of phosphates in household laundry detergents, fertilisers and white goods means combating the degenerative cycle that the use of non-environmentally friendly products causes to the environment and people’s health, in an effective and concrete manner.
These objectives can be achieved through the promotion of alternative formulas that reduce phosphate-rich washing and provisions that harmonise the various national regulations on the subject. In addition to this, we should establish agreements with third countries so that Europe pledges, within a set timeframe, to reduce the use of phosphorus substances and to encourage the market’s adaptation to new statutory regulations that are more friendly to the European environment."@en1
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