PM 8/04: Guidance in the Assessment of Diffuse Emissions from Articles

The type of chemical dispersal attracting most attention in society has long been point sources where emissions to the environment take place in more or less controlled forms. Over the years, these emissions have been analysed and action has been taken to deal with them, so that these sources are no longer as significant as they used to be. As a result, other types of sources are emerging as increasingly important instead.