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Consultation on PFAS draft opinion – Guidance for respondents
Policy
1 Mar 2026
The European Chemicals Agency plans to launch a consultation on the draft opinion of its Committee for Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) on the proposed EU-wide restriction of PFAS following the Committee’s meeting in March 2026.
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PFAS regulation and enforcement accelerate in Germany
Policy
30 Jan 2026
Germany is transposing EU drinking water rules into national law, introducing binding PFAS limits and tighter monitoring, while EU restrictions on firefighting foams and broader class-based controls advance.
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PFAS: Pollution in the EU could cost up to €1.7 trillion
News
29 Jan 2026 | Le Monde
If no action were taken to halt PFAS production in Europe, emissions into the environment could nearly triple between 2020 and 2050, reaching as much as 4.4 million tons.
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Getting rid of PFAS: Can Europe put an end to the “forever chemicals”?
News
28 Jan 2026 | Euro News
The EU is currently examining a proposal for a “universal restriction” covering all products containing PFAS, with a final decision expected by the end of the year.
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PFAS in the buzz: Seasonal biomonitoring with honey bees (apis mellifera) and bee-collected pollen
Science
26 Jan 2026 | Environ. Pollut.
PFAS destruction efforts must be evaluated not only for their effectiveness and efficiency to address commonly used PFAS but also on whether in the process they release other PFAS byproducts.
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Assessment of human exposure to particle-associated organic pollutants in home environments of Lisbon, Portugal
Science
19 Jan 2026 | Environ Res
Particle-bound PFAS including PFBS, PFHxA, PFOA, and PFNA were detected at higher concentrations indoors than outdoors in Lisbon homes, suggesting indoor materials and consumer products may be associated with ongoing PFAS inhalation exposure.
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New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water come into effect
Policy
12 Jan 2026
The new reporting system is simpler than under the previous Drinking Water Directive and reduces the amount of data to be reported. It is the first time systematic monitoring of PFAS in drinking water is being implemented in the EU.
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France’s ban on ‘forever chemicals’ comes into force today. Here’s what will change
News
6 Jan 2026 | Euro News
France’s ban prohibits the sale, production, or import of any product for which an alternative to PFAS already exists.
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Plasreco promotes PFAS-free coating solutions for packaging, leather and textiles
News
1 Jan 2026 | European Coatings
The Plasreco project is developing silicon-based functional coatings applied by atmospheric plasma as an alternative to PFAS-based treatments.
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EU study recommends excluding refrigerants from PFAS restrictions
Policy
20 Dec 2025
“Overall, substitution is not currently feasible given economic, technical, and safety constraints,” the report states. It recommends excluding F-gases completely from the scope of a universal PFAS restriction and instead focus all regulatory control of all F-gases into the existing F-gas regulation.
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High levels of ‘forever chemical’ found in cereal products across Europe – study
News
4 Dec 2025 | The Guardian
The study found trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a chemical produced when pesticides containing Pfas chemicals break down into the soil, in breakfast cereals, popular sweets, pasta, croissants, wholemeal and refined bread, and flour.
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Development and validation of an LC-MS/MS method for simultaneous determination of 39 PFAS in soil samples: applications to playgrounds in Attica, Greece
Science
4 Dec 2025 | Anal Bioanal Chem
An optimized research method was found to be a useful tool for environmental and public-health decision making by reliably detecting 39 PFAS in playground soils, and the results suggest that some PFAS levels may potentially exceed a precautionary child-health screening value of about 100 ng per kg of body weight per day.
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Lab-scale insights into the environmental fate of emerging contaminants from airport runoff
Science
1 Dec 2025 | J Contam Hydrol.
Laboratory evidence indicates that only some contaminants in airport runoff are naturally diminished during contact with sediments, whereas PFAS remain largely persistent, raising concerns about whether soil aquifer treatment can adequately protect groundwater from these chemicals.
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Toy safety: Parliament adopts new rules to enhance child health protection
Policy
25 Nov 2025
The new rules also ban the intentional use of per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) and the most dangerous types of bisphenols.
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Swiss authorities impose ban on sale of PFAS-tainted fish
Policy
14 Nov 2025
Representative samples of the stocks showed that the Swiss federal food safety limits had been exceeded, the Lake Zug authorities declared on Friday.