Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO)Jan 14
It has been exactly one year since launch of #ForeverLobbying Project & our own Chemical Reaction report. Together we exposed access, strategies, & misleading messaging of prominent parts of #PFAS industry against proposed ban. ➡️ corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-... ➡️ foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/
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The work was featured in media outlets across Europe; it has won at least one award & been nominated for others: foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/ The impacts have been far and wide, including prompting a new programme to empower rigorous journalism: foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/imp...

The Forever Lobbying Project
The Forever Lobbying Project

The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.

The Forever Pollution Project
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But today, after intense corporate lobbying, proposed #PFAS restriction is fragile. ❌ Take 🇪🇺 Commission’s emphasis on tackling consumer PFAS uses (cosmetics, waterproof clothing...) but indicating a far weaker approach on industrial sources of pollution. corporateeurope.org/en/2025/05/c...
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❌ Or see how countries behind the original proposal (🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇩🇰) have already proposed weaker approaches on #PFAS manufacturing for exports + many new derogations from ban. ❌ Or the 🇪🇺 chemicals agency leaving 8 sectors out of its evaluation. chemsec.org/pfas-restric...

PFAS restriction proposal: 5 r...
PFAS restriction proposal: 5 red flags from the recent update

The update to the EU-wide PFAS restriction proposal included some pretty eye-catching changes. Unfortunately, not for the better.

ChemSec
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❌ Or recent industry-friendly @[email protected] report on fluoropolymer #PFAS which: ➡️ risks pre-empting far more detailed ECHA work ➡️ only interviewed industry ➡️ uses a too-narrow lens to assess fluoropolymers ➡️ has research "limitations" ➡️ wrongly says F-gases are already regulated enough
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❌ Despite the intense criticism of EU fluoropolymer #PFAS industry, we see Plastics Europe enjoyed much greater lobby access to Commissioners’ cabinets on varied issues in last year. 2025 = 11 meetings 2024 = 1 2023 = 6 2022 = 1 2021 = 1 2020 = 3 www.lobbyfacts.eu/datacard/pla...
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Commissioner Roswall told us that Commission “ensured transparency & accountability in all lobby & stakeholder meetings & proceedings”. COM also has obligations under EU lobby register. Today we have written to ask how "accountability" has been demanded of Plastics Europe’s lobbying.
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Find out more about the latest state of play on proposed #PFAS restriction in this series of recent op eds published across Europe, including with CSO allies: 🇫🇷 www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl... 🇨🇿 denikreferendum.cz/clanek/23816... 🇵🇹 www.publico.pt/2026/01/12/a...

PFAS : « L’interdiction des po...
PFAS : « L’interdiction des polluants éternels en Europe reste un espoir lointain »

Dans une tribune au « Monde », la chercheuse au sein de l’ONG Corporate Europe Observatory Vicky Cann dénonce le lobbying des entreprises chimiques et s’inquiète de voir s’éloigner la possibilité d’une interdiction européenne des polluants éternels.

Le Monde
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It’s not too late! You can take action today for a comprehensive universal #PFAS restriction: ➡️ Individuals can sign the @[email protected] petition to demand a #ToxicFreeFuture: corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-... ➡️ CSOs can join the #BanPFAS manifesto: banpfasmanifesto.org/en/
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