BlueNewsJun 4, 2024
🧪 The #foreverchemical TFA has been found in all 29 river and groundwater samples tested across 10 EU countries!
⚠️The EU water sector is alarmed by the concentrations.
Find out more in our latest #ToxicFree4EU briefing
CHEM Trust @CHEMTrust
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Record PFAS levels, water companies alarmed (Toxic-free for EU N°61)

BlueNewsApr 29, 2024
High levels of #foreverchemical, TFA, have been found in tap water in German cities & @Europarl_EN . @CHEMTrust
This adds yet another story to the #PFAS water pollution scandals emerging across Europe: https://buff.ly/48gRKCf
More in #ToxicFree4EU: https://buff.ly/3UCXLW8
PFAS Water Contamination Scandals Unfold Across Europe

PFAS drinking water pollution scandals emerging across Europe indicate that we are facing a widespread PFAS pollution crisis. We need urgent action by governments to tackle this now.

CHEM Trust
CHEM TrustApr 5, 2024
France takes a stand against #foreverchemicals! 🇫🇷
 
Yesterday the National Assembly voted to say au revoir to #PFAS in textiles, cosmetics and ski waxes.
 
🧐 Now, all eyes are on the Senate for the final vote.
 
More in our #ToxicFree4EU: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-a4fablcy-vw9
 
#BanPFAS
CHEM TrustMar 22, 2024
OECD administrator Eeva Leinala recently stated that there are no agreed-upon criteria to identify polymers as being of low concern, something the fluoropolymer industry was using in its public communications to influence regulation.
 
More in #ToxicFree4EU: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-jiwbtzmd-ssb
CHEM TrustMar 22, 2024
🚨 @greenpeace investigation reveals high levels of PFAS #foreverchemicals in waterways of Tuscany, Italy, where industries are processing PFAS.
 
💧 This is yet another example of the #PFAS water #pollution scandals emerging across Europe.
 
More in our #ToxicFree4EU briefing: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-jiwbtzmd-ssb
CHEM TrustMar 22, 2024
⚖️ Citizens deserve transparency! The EU ombudsman criticises the lack of publication of the REACH revision impact assessment.
 
Timely publication of such documents is key to citizens exercising their democratic rights, she notes.
 
More in #ToxicFree4EU: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-jiwbtzmd-ssb
CHEM TrustMar 15, 2024
🚨Chemical Cocktails: 80% of water samples from the Danube exceed safe levels for aquatic life, according to new research by the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research 🚨
 
🐟 Exposure to a complex mixture of #chemicals may threaten vulnerable species.
 
More in our #ToxicFree4EU briefing: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-en0mk5fk-14gp
CHEM TrustMar 15, 2024
Belgian scientific agency recommends stricter #PFAS limits in bottled water & water used to process food, setting the bar at 100 ng/litre versus the EU standard of 500 ng/litre.
 
More in our new #ToxicFree4EU briefing: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-en0mk5fk-14gp
 
#BanPFAS
CHEM TrustMar 15, 2024
👏🏾 Major progress towards #ToxicFreeToys as the European Parliament votes to ban the most harmful chemicals from toys including:
 
🧪#ForeverChemicals
⚠️ Bisphenols
🌿 Chemicals that accumulate in people/nature
 
More in #ToxicFree4EU: https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-en0mk5fk-14gp
CHEM TrustMar 1, 2024
Commissioner Thierry Breton called for a Chemical act to maintain a strong chemicals industry in Europe, including by strengthening Europe's R&I on the "safest chemicals".
 
More about his statement in #ToxicFree4EU 👉 https://archive.newsletter2go.com/?n2g=bgjtcqk7-tujyy8h0-egg
 
#SaferChemicals
 
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