BRUSSELS — Europe’s drugmakers are pushing Brussels to suspend a key green rule to clean the bloc's waterways — but the public could end up footing the bill. At stake is who pays to remove toxic “micropollutants” during wastewater treatment. Under a 2024 EU directive , large treatment plants will be required to add a costly fourth cleaning stage to catch pollutants — such as antibiotics and microplastics — that slip through existing systems. From 2029, pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies

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