EU ministers get their blood tested for forever chemicals

By Leonie Cater | Politico | July 10, 2025

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“European environment ministers underwent blood testing for ‘forever chemicals’ on Thursday in a publicity exercise to highlight the alarming reach of the toxic substances.

‘I’m hoping to bring awareness to this problem,’ Danish Minister for the Environment Magnus Heunicke told POLITICO. ‘This is causing really serious problems to our health and to our environment. We need to actually ban PFAS in our everyday products throughout the EU.’

Denmark orchestrated the group test during a meeting of EU environment ministers in the northern Danish city of Aalborg. The country currently holds the rotating presidency of the Council of the EU.” …

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