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"In the words of the rapporteur, phosphates, which are used in laundry detergents, ‘help life to flourish’, and speed up the natural growth of plants. As such, some of Europe’s water resources now contain an excessive amount of algae and other organisms, which ultimately use up the resources they share with fish and plants, whose survival depends on these very resources. The Commission proposal for a regulation therefore aims to reduce the legal amount of phosphates used in detergents of this kind. At first glance, this proposal seems to merit approval, since it appears to offer significant environmental benefits for a small sacrifice. I therefore voted in favour, but there are two points that I am bound to emphasise: on the one hand, the need for a study to research the economic impact of this measure and the time required by industry to adapt to the new rules and, on the other, the need to adopt a technical solution that can satisfy the needs of consumers. In this context, as the rapporteur has already mentioned, I would underline that since the water in southern Europe is harder, there is a greater need to resort to phosphates for an effective wash."@en1
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