Nevertheless, it is necessary to differentiate between intentional and accidental pollution.

Above all, it has been explained what type of accidental pollution is included in the decision, for instance operational spills.

The loaction of industries near the canal is prohibited to prevent accidental pollution.

This Group deals with prevention of the accidental pollution of transboundary waters.

The smell of burning wheat, perhaps, or news of a whole crop ruined through the accidental pollution of a water source.

There are several tragic examples of accidental pollution from tankers and from other ships carrying various forms of dangerous cargoes.

- Accidental pollution of the Rhine in Europe, by 500 liters of Endosulfan, a kind of insecticide.

We have had in the recent past, several tragic examples of accidental pollution in the form of spillages of hydrocarbons and other dangerous substances, particularly chemical ones.

The SNH chairman, Magnus Magnusson, said: 'It is essential that we focus every effort towards prevention, rather than cure of accidental pollution.'

It is very important that its duties be extended, so that the EMSA can acquire every effective new means for combating all forms of deliberate and accidental pollution.

Admittedly, this text does not discuss accidental pollution, but we know full well that the implications of illegal degassing at sea are no less serious, even if it is a more insidious phenomenon.

Mr. Matarazzo, who is writing a report on the technique for the state, said the operators would like regulators to forgive any accidental pollution that occurs if the plants switch to the new method.

This framework for cooperation will, therefore, make it possible to improve existing local or national resources, particularly by creating better conditions for intervention in the event not only of accidental pollution but also of deliberate pollution.

With regard to the proposed regulation on the Community fund for compensating damages resulting from accidental pollution, it is true that we are once again waiting for things to move ahead within the International Maritime Organisation.

The proposal is one of a number of voluntary interim measures to protect the UK coast line from accidental pollution from laden tankers which the Government has submitted to the International Maritime Organisation.

Banks are said to be concerned that they could be liable for pollution from land or property they take as security, and insurers say they may not be able to offer environmental cover in future, restricting coverage to sudden or accidental pollution.

(Institute of Public Relations [IPR]) The essential features of this definition are firstly that PR practice should be deliberate, planned and sustained - not haphazard (like responding to say accidental pollution of a river).

A spokesman for the Soil Association, which monitors organic farming, said that the production of wholly pesticide-free food was impossible, due to residues in rain and groundwater, but that such accidental pollution could not explain the high levels discovered in the Warwickshire tests.

The local community at Murrisk at the foot of the mountain depend on water from streams on the mountain for their water supply and were worried about possible contamination from the mining company's activities: relations were not helped by the accidental pollution of water by diesel during the company's operations.

The basic reason for this finding is that, with the provisions being introduced, the MARPOL international convention is being surpassed as regards the basis for responsibility for accidental pollution and the maritime zones in which it is applied. This issue may have important repercussions from a legal and economic point of view.

As the Danube and the Danube Delta have a unique and fragile ecosystem, which is home to rare plant species that are under threat due to pollution, we believe that it is important for the European Commission sometimes to enhance forecasting and response capabilities for flooding, extreme drought and accidental pollution.