<br clear="all"><div><b style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium">Three Pharmaceutical Substances (17alphaethinylestradiol, 17beta-estradiol and Diclofenac) are among 15 chemicals that the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee of the European Parliament has Added to the Priority Risk List of those to be Monitored and Controlled in EU Surface Waters - The legislation, approved with "... 43 votes in favour, 7 against and 8 abstentions, would also establish a 'watch list' of no more than 25 substances to be monitored for at least 12 months by the Member States. They would have to use several monitoring stations, depending on their surface area and population, and report their results periodically. The watch list's validity is limited to 4 years ... The plenary vote is scheduled for April 2013 ..."</b></div>
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<font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Document Title: </b>The title of the November 28, 2012 European Parliament Press Release is "Surface waters: new chemicals added to EU risk list"</font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">
<font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Organization: </b>European Parliament Press Service</font></p><p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Source: </b>November 28, 2012 European Parliament Press Release</font></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Web site: </b>The November 28, 2012 European Parliament Press Release is posted at: </font><font size="3" color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><u><br>
</u></font><font size="3" color="blue" face="Times New Roman" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><u><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20121126IPR56466/html/Surface-waters-new-chemicals-added-to-EU-risk-list" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pressroom/content/20121126IPR56466/html/Surface-waters-new-chemicals-added-to-EU-risk-list</a></u></font></p>
<p style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"></p><p style><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">Information about the EU Parliament Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee is available at </font><font size="3" color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><u><br>
</u></font><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/envi/home.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font size="3" color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><u>http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/envi/home.html</u></font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p>
<p style><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">The previous FIEN message related to this topic is posted at </font><font size="3" color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><u><br></u></font><a href="http://www.fien.com/articleDisplay.php?id=20293" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font size="3" color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><u>http://www.fien.com/articleDisplay.php?id=20293</u></font></a><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"></font></p>
<p style><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><b>Contact: </b>The Contact listed on the European Parliament Press Release is Baptiste Chatain at (+32) 2 28 40992 (BXL); (+33) 3 881 74151 (STR); Mobile number (+32) 498 98 13 37; e-mail: </font><a href="mailto:Envi-Press@EuroParl.Europa.EU" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><font size="3" color="blue" face="Times New Roman"><u>Envi-Press@EuroParl.Europa.EU</u></font></a></p>
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