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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) registered under REACH—What can we learn from the submitted data and how important will mobility be in PFAS hazard assessment?
Science
27 Mar 2023 | Sci. Total Environ.
Due to lack of data, many PFAS registered under REACH have not been identified as persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic, but still have undesirable properties such as persistence, toxicity, bioaccumulative, and mobile.
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Levels of pollutant in UK fish so high eating it twice a year exceeds safe level
News
9 Mar 2023 | Hull Live
Testing of “forever chemicals” in England’s wild fish has found high levels of an industrial pollutant that if eaten more than twice a year would exceed recommended EU safety guidelines.
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The Forever Pollution Project
News
6 Mar 2023 | The Forever Pollution Project
“The Forever Pollution Project” can now reveal that there is way more contamination all over Europe than has been publicly known.
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EU floats plan that would ban virtually every PFAS currently on the market
News
9 Feb 2023 | Chemistry World
The five countries want to essentially ban the entire class of more than 10,000 chemicals in a single stroke, including their production, use, and sale, and the impact would be significant.
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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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[Blog] Hungry for more: The EU limits “forever chemicals” in food – but the universal PFAS ban is still far away
Policy
17 Jan 2023
The EU has set limits for how much PFAS food sold within the union is allowed to contain.
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How to Define PFAS
Policy
1 Jul 2022
The US EPA’s approach to this category of chemicals is narrower than an international one.
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Ultra-Short-Chain PFASs in the Sources of German Drinking Water: Prevalent, Overlooked, Difficult to Remove, and Unregulated
Science
17 May 2022 | ES&T
Ultra-short-chain PFAS represent a major challenge in drinking water due to their high concentrations, greater mobility, and lack of remediation options, which shows that regulation through preventive measures is required to manage them.
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Official health communications are failing PFAS-contaminated communities
Science
10 May 2022 | Environmental Health
Immediate action should be undertaken to review and improve official health communications intended to inform the public and health providers about the risks of PFAS exposure and guide community and medical decisions.
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European court rejects Chemours’s arguments on classifying a fluorochemical
News
27 Feb 2022 | c&en
Judges uphold decision that fluorosurfactant GenX is a candidate for strict regulation in the European Union.
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2nd Stakeholder Consultation on a Restriction for PFAS
Policy
25 Aug 2021
The competent authorities for REACH of the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, and Norway are currently preparing a REACH Annex XV Restriction Dossier for the group of PFAS since all these substances are considered to be persistent.
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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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[Sign-on Opportunity] Statement on the Registration of Polymers under REACH
Policy
30 Apr 2021
This statement calling for more transparency on polymers marketed in the EU continues to be open for signatures.
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Considering Environmental Exposures to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) as Risk Factors for Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.
Science
3 Apr 2021 | Environ Res
Pregnant women may be a group that is vulnerable to hypertensive disorders associated with PFAS exposures which should be considered by policymakers setting PFAS exposure limits.
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Scientific Basis for Managing PFAS as a Chemical Class
Science
29 Jun 2020 | ES&T L
This commentary presents a scientific basis for managing as one chemical class the thousands of chemicals known as PFAS.