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Mercury is highly toxic (Photo: By Bionerd - Own work, CC BY 3.0,)

EU states stay mute on implementation of mercury bill

by Peter Teffer, Brussels, February 16, 2018, 11:16:06 AM
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Twenty-five of the EU's 28 member states have neglected to inform the European Commission how they would punish breaches of a new EU regulation, which aims to limit the use of mercury, despite legal deadlines having passed.

Only Denmark, Germany, and the United Kingdom have sent the commission documents outlining the penalties related to the mercury regulation, the commission told EUobserver in response t...

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