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PFAS breakthrough: ‘forever chemical’ banned under global treaty
News
8 May 2025 | SwissInfo
International negotiations in Geneva have led to a major breakthrough: the addition of a new "forever chemical" to the Stockholm Convention's blacklist. It marks another crucial step in the global effort to regulate what many now call the "poison of the century”.
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ECHA Clarifies Next Steps for PFAS Restriction Proposal
Policy
18 Mar 2024
The European Chemicals Agency issued a press release on March 13, 2024, to outline how the Scientific Committees for Risk Assessment and for Socio-Economic Analysis will progress in evaluating the proposal to restrict PFAS in Europe.
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Europe’s proposed PFAS ban: The next big thing in medical device design and supply
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5 Mar 2024 | Elkem
On 13 January 2022, five EU member states submitted an official proposal to ban an entire chemicals class containing some 10,000 substances to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA).
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UN Probes DuPont, Chemours Over Human Rights Harms From PFAS
Policy
24 Nov 2023
A UN investigative office took aim at three companies tied to historical DuPont, along with the Netherlands and the US, for their role in violating human environmental rights due to PFAS released from a North Carolina factory, according to letters released on Friday.
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Backlash forces EPA to pause toxic PFAS waste imports to US from Netherlands
News
22 Nov 2023 | The Guardian
North Carolina residents push back against environmental agency bringing 4m lbs of ‘forever chemical’ waste to the region.
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US industry disposed of at least 60m pounds of PFAS waste in last five years
News
17 Nov 2023 | The Guardian
The estimate in the new EPA analysis is probably ‘dramatic’ undercount because ‘forever chemical’ waste is unregulated in the US.
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EU PFAS Ban Deadlines Seen as Slipping to Review New Information
Policy
16 Oct 2023
The European Chemicals Agency aims by December to analyze a record number of responses to a consultation on a plan to outlaw PFAS in the European Union, amid speculation that the plan could be delayed or substantially revised.
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EPA finalizes PFAS reporting rule
Policy
29 Sep 2023
The agency expands the number of PFAS subject to information reporting requirements.
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ECHA Receives a Large Number of Comments on PFAS Restriction Proposal
Policy
29 Sep 2023
In February this year, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a proposal to ban the manufacture, use and placing on the market (including import) of the entire group of PFAS. The restriction proposal was prepared by authorities in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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ECHA Receives a Large Number of Comments on PFAS Restriction Proposal
News
29 Sep 2023 | CHEManager
In February this year, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a proposal to ban the manufacture, use and placing on the market (including import) of the entire group of PFAS. The restriction proposal was prepared by authorities in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.
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Dutch court rules Chemours liable for environmental damage caused by PFAS
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27 Sep 2023 | Reuters
U.S. chemical company Chemours is liable for environmental damage in the Netherlands caused by PFAS chemicals between 1984 and at least 1998, the Rotterdam District Court ruled on Wednesday.
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Pharma, agri companies face threat of EU ban on some ‘forever chemicals’
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4 Sep 2023 | POLITICO
A draft opinion is likely to spook the billion-dollar industries, which rely heavily on the chemicals.
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How Should We Interpret the New Water Quality Regulations for Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances?
Science
23 Aug 2023 | ACS ES&T Water
Proposed PFAS regulations should be coherent to minimize exposure and risks and remediation approaches should be balanced to reduce overall exposure across the various sources of exposure.
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EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure
Policy
11 Jul 2023
Leaked documents show that as little as 1% of products containing hazardous substances could be prohibited.
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EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure
News
11 Jul 2023 | The Guardian
The European Commission is poised to break a promise to outlaw all but the most essential of Europe’s hazardous chemicals, leaked documents show.