Phosphate '16: Cadmium level caps in European phosphate will be challenging
By Yoke Wong
Published: Tuesday, 29 November 2016
Producers’ association Fertilizers Europe outlined the challenge in the EU’s proposal to regulate cadmium levels in phosphate fertiliser. Results from the EU consultation will be announced in summer 2017.
EU proposals to limit cadmium levels in phosphate fertiliser
are likely to attract disagreements across the sector, director
general of Fertilizers Europe, Jacob Hansen, told delegates at
the IM Global Phosphate Conference in
Amsterdam on 29 November.
Heavy metal cadmium is commonly found in...