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PFAS: NGOs sue French state over failure to tackle 'forever chemicals'
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26 May 2026 | Le Monde
All plaintiffs are asking the court to order the government to stop PFAS discharges into the environment and to remedy the "ecological harm" caused by its "culpable inaction."
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Netherlands identifies 57 high-risk PFAS sites needing urgent cleanup
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16 May 2026 | NL Times
So far, authorities have identified roughly 4,000 potentially contaminated sites and selected nearly 600 for deeper investigation.
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Occurrence and interbrand variability of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in bottled water marketed in France
Science
7 May 2026 | ACS ES&T Water
In French bottled and tap water samples, TFA was found consistently at about 50 to 1,300 ng/L in bottled water and 560 to 2,100 ng/L in tap water, while the 20 PFAS currently monitored under European drinking water rules were mostly absent or below the 100 ng/L combined water quality limit.
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Phase out ‘forever chemicals’ in cookware and school uniforms, MPs urge in warning on PFAS pollution
Policy
27 Apr 2026
The Committee also calls for the Government to take a stronger approach to regulating PFAS, to ensure that those who pollute waterways and soil pay for it to be cleaned up, establish a national fund for remediation and invest in technologies to destroy these chemicals safely.
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Ban 'forever chemicals' in uniforms and frying pans, MPs urge
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27 Apr 2026 | BBC
A group of Parliament Members has now called for a complete ban on their use, unless manufacturers can demonstrate they are either essential for their product or there is no alternative chemical.
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Extractable organofluorine (EOF) and target PFAS, including trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), in human serum from a Norwegian cohort, with a case study on the impact of fluorinated pharmaceuticals
Science
26 Apr 2026 | Environ. Int.
Current PFAS measurements may miss a substantial share of human exposure, as up to about half or more of fluorinated compounds in blood remain unidentified, with TFA often the most abundant detected PFAS and additional contributions from sources like fluorinated pharmaceuticals increasing overall body burden.
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[Viewpoint] Allowing unlimited PFAS manufacturing contradicts the core intention of the European Union’s PFAS restriction proposal
Science
23 Apr 2026 | Environ. Sci. Technol.
The European Union’s proposed PFAS restriction may still allow continued production that leads to ongoing, unbounded emissions over time, ultimately undermining its goal of protecting human health and the environment.
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Government to draft national action plan against PFAS
Policy
17 Apr 2026
In 2027, the appropriation is expected to increase by 110 million SEK, and by 135 million SEK in 2028.
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Diet, lifestyle, and sociodemographic influences on serum concentration of PFASs: Insights from human biomonitoring in Switzerland.
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17 Apr 2026 | Environ Int
Human biomonitoring in Swiss adults suggests PFAS in the body are largely driven by older, persistent compounds and tend to increase with age and in males, while higher levels are linked to exposures like local freshwater fish consumption and certain product uses, indicating that multiple, compound-specific pathways contribute to overall PFAS burden.
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Severe exposure to ‘forever chemicals’ during pregnancy could lead to childhood asthma
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9 Apr 2026 | Inside Climate News
Residents of Ronneby, a city in southern Sweden, were unknowingly exposed to water with high levels of PFAS for more than 30 years, after AFFF runoff from a local military airfield contaminated one of two municipal waterworks.
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April 3 Policy Watch: EU moves a key step closer to widespread PFAS restrictions
Policy
3 Apr 2026
They considered a Reach restriction covering more than 10,000 substances and their uses in 15 specific sectors. The committees did not consider PFAS use restrictions for eight industrial fields—including printing, medical, and explosives—because of time constraints.
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Chemical exposome patterns in mothers and children across urbanisation levels in five European birth cohorts
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2 Apr 2026 | J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol
Urban versus non-urban living may shape exposure to multiple chemicals during pregnancy and childhood, with some substances like phenols and phthalates higher in urban areas while PFAS associated with agricultural practices such as PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS, and PFUnDA may be higher in non-urban children.
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PFAS in the EU: a regulatory turning point
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1 Apr 2026 | A & O Shearman
ECHA published the detailed restriction proposal on February 7, 2023. A six-month public consultation on the proposal ran from March 22 to September 25, 2023.
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[Public Comment] Consultation on the SEAC draft opinion on restricting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – Guidance for respondents
Policy
30 Mar 2026
This second public consultation will differ from the first by focusing only on uses, derogations, and alternatives, using a survey format with limited space for responses and no attachments, and reflecting SEAC’s detailed evaluation of only the 14 sectors included in the original 2023 restriction proposal due to time constraints.
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European Chemicals Agency backs EU-wide PFAS ban
Policy
27 Mar 2026
‘The committees have spent the last three years carefully dissecting the scientific and socio-economic evidence about PFAS and the harms they cause,’ says Hélène Duguy at ClientEarth, a non-profit environmental organisation. ‘It was no easy task, but their conclusion is clear: the EU needs a restriction on PFAS.’