Protecting Drinking Water from Pesticides

The National Pesticides Working group has produced a leaflet to provide information supporting awareness around responsible use of herbicides, including MCPA, by farmers and other professional users. Protecting drinking water quality is essential for sustainable use of resources. Drinking water monitoring results for Ireland show that a number of herbicides commonly used on grassland, such...

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Changes to groundwater directive approved

Member state representatives in Brussels have approved a series of reforms to the 2006 groundwater directive after a review of two of its annexes last year but the EU-wide quality standards have not changed. The European Commission decided there was not enough information available to set new quality standards, which means that nitrates and pesticides...

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