Where does Europe go to learn about pollution prevention?
LOWELL The European Union’s Environment Commissioner made her first ever visit to the Mill City yesterday to meet with area business leaders about proposed changes in E.U. chemical regulations and review the work of the UMass Lowell Toxic Use Reduction Institution. “We’re proud of the fact that you picked Lowell in order to come and understand some of the strategies that have been devised here,” UMass Lowell Chancellor William Hogan told Margot Wallstrom and others gathered yesterday at a luncheon in the Wannalancit Mills conference center, at 600 Suffolk St. Research at the Toxic Use Reduction Institute (or TURI) focuses on preventing pollution related to the use of toxic chemicals in manufacturing, a mission that meshes with regulatory work in which Wallstrom is engaged. Wallstrom, who hails from Sweden and is Europe’s top environmental watchdog, spearheaded a broad overhaul of E.U. chemical regulations known as the REACH Proposal for Registration, Evaluation and Authorization of Che
