UPDATE 1-EU Chemicals Agency proposes ban on deliberately added microplastics to combat pollution

HELSINKI, Jan 18- The EU Chemicals Agency ECHA on Friday proposed a ban on deliberately adding microplastics to products such as cosmetics, detergents and agricultural fertilisers in the EU by 2020 to combat pollution. The European Commission, which estimates that between 70,000 and 200,000 tonnes of microplastics enter the environment each year, had...