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"The protection of the environment and the promotion of sustainable policies feature amongst the European Union’s priorities. Today’s vote aims specifically at reducing the amount of phosphorus used in detergents in domestic washing machines.
Phosphates often end up in our water systems, rivers, streams and lakes, causing the excessive proliferation of algae and other plant species. This excessive growth of algae starves other living organisms of oxygen and can also produce toxins, killing fish and other species, as well as reducing the quality of the water itself. In order to prevent this damage to the environment, we must reduce the amount of phosphorus used in detergents.
At the same time, we must consider the implications for the small and medium-sized enterprises that produce household automatic dishwasher detergents, who do not yet possess the know-how to make them phosphate free, in order to ensure that job losses can be avoided."@en1
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