Drugmakers are preparing to sue the EU over a new tax to pay to clean up polluted waste water, arguing other industries should also have to foot the bill.
The new rule, which came into force at the start of the year, requires the pharmaceutical and cosmetics industries to pay at least 80 per cent of the cost of removing pollutants such as microplastics and chemicals from urban waste water.
The European Commission has estimated the cost at about €1.2bn a year, but the German environment agency suggested it could cost up to €1.25bn to improve wastewater treatment in Germany alone.
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