Dioxin limits in water from HWIs

[Alan Watson <alanwatson@gn.apc.org>]

COMMISSION PROPOSES LIMITS FOR EMISSIONS OF HEAVY METALS AND DIOXINS

(Agence Europe) - The European Commission has just proposed an amendment 
to the 1994 Directive on the incineration of dangerous waste in order to 
add limit values for the emission of heavy metals (cadmium and mercury) 
and dioxins into the water (there are already limits for the emission of 
these substances into the atmosphere, substances that are toxic for human 
health).  

These are the limits proposed :
1) heavy metals: mercury: 0.001 mg/liter; cadmium 0.02 mg/l.  For a 
series of other heavy metals, the Commission proposes a total limit value 
of 5 mg/l; 
2) dioxins: 0.5 ng/l (1 ng = 1/1,000,000,000 grams).



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