‘You’re poisoning my child’: How Mamme No PFAS helped expose Italy’s PFAS pollution scandal

By Alice Carnevali | Euro News | September 13, 2025

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"The former managers of chemical company Miteni received prison sentences after being found guilty of water pollution in northeast Italy. What does this mean for other PFAS cases in Europe?

In June 2025, 11 former executives of the chemical company Miteni were sentenced to a total of 141 years in prison by a criminal court in Vicenza, in northeastern Italy.

These former managers were accused of multiple crimes, including deliberate poisoning of water, environmental disaster, illegal waste management and fraudulent bankruptcy.

Miteni, now insolvent, first came under scrutiny in 2013 when a study revealed toxic chemical contamination in aquifers and drinking water serving around 300,000 people in the Padua, Verona and Vicenza area."