http://www.eea.europa.eu These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 2. http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/hazardous-substances-in-europes-fresh?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic Chemicals are an essential part of our daily lives and are used to produce consumer goods, to protect or restore our health and to boost food production, to name but a few examples. Some chemicals, however, are hazardous, raising concerns for the environment and human health. Hazardous substances are emitted to fresh and marine waters via a number of pathways and can have detrimental effects on aquatic biota. Humans can be exposed to hazardous substances in water through the ingestion of contaminated drinking water and the consumption of contaminated freshwater fish and seafood. A wide range of legislation now exists in Europe to address the release of hazardous substances to the environment, including water. New challenges exist, however, including the issues of chemical mixtures and emerging pollutants. No publisher Adobe InDesign CS5 (7.0) water mining contaminated land aquatic ecosystems marine WFD landfill drinking water chemicals water framework directive health marine strategy framework directive urban environment water quality E-PRTR pesticides hazardous substance freshwater agriculture organic substances transport 2011-07-15T08:18:57+01:00 Publication http://www.eea.europa.eu/soer/countries/de/national-and-regional-story-germany?utm_source=EEASubscriptions&utm_medium=RSSFeeds&utm_campaign=Generic SOER National and regional story from Germany No publisher vincic fish stock air quality land use conservation area governance red list particulate matter nature conservation policy transformation cultivation of agricultural land conservation policy renewable energy climatic change organic agriculture wind energy pesticide biodiversity solar energy waste water air pollution recovery of landscape nutrients political organisation wastewater treatment nitrogene dioxide river pollution water courses contaminated land human health lignite mining opencast mining biodiesel sulphur dioxide contaminated site water quality energy efficiency germany fertilizer phosphorus biological diversity landscape after mining SOER2010 country assessment environment 2010-11-26T18:54:33+02:00 National and regional story