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[Report] Recycling of Solar Panels: Comparison of scenarios for a more circular and safe product chain
Science
20 May 2024 | RIVM
The Netherlands aims for a circular economy by 2050 and is developing recycling technologies for solar panels, with a focus on addressing hazardous substances like PFAS found in the panels' backsheets, to ensure safe and sustainable disposal as large-scale panel retirement begins in five years.
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Chemours is responsible for PFAS pollution, Dutch court rules
News
6 Oct 2023 | Chemistry World
Chemours will be held accountable for environmental damage in the Netherlands caused by releases of dangerous PFAS between 1984 and at least 1998, the Dutch district court in Rotterdam ruled in an interim decision on 27 September.
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EU proposal would ban 10,000 PFAS
Policy
7 Feb 2023
Restrictions aim to reduce emissions to the environment and make products safer for people.
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Virtual briefing - Update on the universal PFAS restriction proposal and F-gases
Policy
12 Apr 2022
The video is an update on the progress with the EU restriction proposal for PFAS which is being developed by Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Norway, with a special focus on F-gases and their applications.
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[Working Paper] Nordic enforcement project on PFOS and PFOA in chemical products and articles
Policy
25 Jan 2022
The Nordic Enforcement Group found that 10% of chemical products and articles were non-compliant with restrictions on PFOA and PFOS, with more products containing other PFAS that are not yet restricted.
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Efforts underway in Europe to ban PFAS compounds
News
23 Jul 2021 | Chemistry World
The five European countries are proposing to ban the entire class of chemicals.
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Management of PFAS with the aid of chemical product registries - an indispensable tool for future control of hazardous substances
Science
14 Dec 2020 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
As new policies were developed requiring greater chemical transparency, industry diversified its PFAS use and substitutions, according to Norwegian PFAS data from 2009-2017.
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Five European member states are launching a “call for evidence” for a comprehensive PFAS restriction
Policy
11 May 2020
All stakeholders are invited to fill out the questionnaire before July 31, 2020
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Environmental contamination and human exposure to PFASs near a fluorochemical production plant: Review of historic and current PFOA and GenX contamination in the Netherlands
Science
3 Mar 2020 | Environ Int
This paper provides a comprehensive overview of PFOA and GenX contamination close to point sources in the Netherlands.
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Ministers aim to relax PFAS pollution rules after new limit halts earth-moving work
News
1 Nov 2019 | Dutch News
Ministers have asked public health institute RIVM to look into relaxing the limits on how much of the chemical compound PFAS should be allowed in sludge and soil which is dumped on farm and landfill sites during dredging and earth-moving work.
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The PFOA substitute GenX detected in the environment near a fluoropolymer manufacturing plant in the Netherlands
Science
14 Oct 2019 | Chemosphere
GenX and PFOA also detected in drinking water samples radiating from a manufacturing facility.
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Toxic PFAS chemicals found in artificial turf
News
8 Oct 2019 | The Intercept
PFAS chemicals have been identified in synthetic turf, according to lab tests performed on several samples of the artificial grass that were shared with The Intercept. The presence of the chemicals, members of a class that has been associated with multiple health problems, including cancer, adds to growing concerns about the grass replacement that covers many thousands of acres in parks, schools, professional sports stadiums, and practice fields around the U.S.