EVENTS

FUTURE EVENT

EU Focus assisted Safer Phosphates and the OPERA Research
Centre in organizing a webinar on healthy soils for sustainable
agriculture, which took place in partnership with the leading
Brussels media Euractiv.

Soil pollution by heavy metals such as cadmium have been
degrading the safety of food and water for decades, posing
threat to the public health & environment, exposing the most
vulnerable populations to risks that should be controlled.
This debate was timely, following the recent publication of
the White Book on cadmium in phosphates by the OPERA
Research Centre, which takes stock of current scientific findings
and explains the possibilities for the food value chain to use
«cleaner» phosphates, while highlighting calls for immediate
action by EU decision-makers.

Panelists discussed topics ranging from the scientific
explanation of cadmium contamination in phosphate and
its impact on Europe, to identifying measures that policy
makers could implement to encourage farmers to use cleaner
phosphate fertilizers.