"You make a mistake holding up the EU as the goldstandard for chemicals and their control, distribution and removal"
And you make the mistake of believing that a quick shufti though the net will will wipe ot concerns that have been covered thoroughly in the international press and which are now prominent of the concerns of the environmental bodies - doesn't work like that
I suggest you look up exactly how effective international regulations are on pollution
Two of your linked articles are around a quarter of a century old, during which time environmental pollution has reached "doomsday point" - international regulations, be damned
European countries are Capitalism controlled and as such, as prone as anywhere to breach laws in order to make money - however, Europe gets off pretty lightly as far as major pollution by dumping is concerned
This is immaterial
The concern is that Brexit Britain will seek the slackening of regulations in order to increase trade with some of the world's worst polluters - China and India feature prominently in this endeavour
As far as your own experiences are concerned, which I am sure are first carefully filtered through your desire to protect the status quo and the establishment
I spent large parts of my life in areas that were severely effected by pollution cased by large-scale industrial dumping, despite all the regulations.
I have friends and family whose lives are still effected by it - rivers, waste land, woods and forests....   
THIS APOLIGIST DOCUMENT FROM THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SAYS IT ALL   

We seem to have moved on from "Your huge chemical dumping grounds are a figment of your imagination" to "it's a figment of everybody else's imagination" apart from yours. of course
Denial and stonewalling seem to come natural to some people
As I said, no apology and no withdrawal - just more obfuscation
Jim Carroll