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<p>In England, the Environment Agency has an extensive monitoring network over both
surface and groundwaters, to comply with European groundwater legislation (2006/118/EC)
and requirements under the EU Priority Substances Directive (2008/105/EC and its update,
2013/39/EU). It monitors surface waters for priority substances (set at EU level),
and also certain other chemicals of a national, but not European, concern.</p><p>
</p><p>The Environment Agency are developing a programme to monitor priority substances
that accumulate in biota (e.g. in fish or shellfish) at a number of freshwater sites
in England.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency is shortly to start contributing
to the European-wide surveillance of a number of emerging substances of concern (the
watch list) required under Directive 2013/39/EU.<strong> </strong>This monitoring
will include the xenoestrogen ethinyloestradiol.</p><p> </p>
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