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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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• [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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Estimating Environmental Hazard and Risks from Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS): Outcome of a SETAC Focused Topic Meeting

  Science

  2 Jun 2020 | Environ. Toxicol. Chem.

  A SETAC Focus Topic Meeting and workshop entitled Environmental Risk Assessment of PFAS convened 12-15 August 2019 in Durham, North Carolina, and brought together experts from around the globe to highlight recent advances in research pertinent to evaluating environmental and human health risks from exposures of PFAS.

• [Public Comment] Proposed restriction of PFHxA, its salts and related substances

  Policy

  25 Mar 2020

  Germany has submitted a proposal to restrict the manufacture and commerce of PFHxA and is now seeking comments from the public.

• Impacts of food contact chemicals on human health: a consensus statement

  Science

  2 Mar 2020 | Environmental Health

  33 scientists wrote a peer-reviewed consensus statement highlighting toxic chemicals in food packaging and recommended improvements to protect human health.

• European countries announce plan to phase out toxic PFAS chemicals by 2030

  News

  26 Dec 2019 | The Intercept

  Enviornmental officials from Sweden, the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark today announced a plan to restrict all PFAS compounds under Europe’s chemical regulations framework.

• Germany proposes PFHxA restriction under REACH

  Policy

  20 Dec 2019

  Germany has submitted its intention to restrict PFHxA and related chemicals under REACH. Chemicals in this group are short-chain PFAS used in many consumer products.

• Europe: GenX declared a Substance of Very High Concern

  Policy

  28 Jun 2019

  The EU Member State Committee voted to identify HFPO-DA (aka. GenX), as a substance of very high concern due to its probable serious effects on human health and the environment.