Study Finds That Toxic Chemicals Are In Half Of European Waters
In Europe, the presence of toxic chemicals has been considered a localized problem affecting only a few bodies of water but a new paper says there are large scale ecological risks for several thousands of European aquatic systems. The culprit: toxic chemicals. They say that chemical toxicity represents an ecological threat to almost half of all European bodies of water, and in approximately 15% of cases, the biota in freshwater systems may even be subject to acute mortality. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) by the EU is unlikely to be met due to the high levels of toxicants in the wat...
Source: science20.com