It's People vs. #PFAS polluters.
For a small insight into how PFAS-affected communities, who live with pollution every day, are treated by those in Brussels' lobby quarter, check out this video.
Spoiler:
š„ VDL refused to meet citizens
š„ PFAS lobby called the police
#PFAS have been contaminating workers & communities for many decades. But still the producers & industry users fight back against proposals to restrict #foreverchemicals
The #ForeverLobbying Project mapped this battle; so have we in our 2025 report:
https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-reaction
The proposal to restrict PFAS āforever chemicalsā is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying, says a new CEO report. Find out more, including about the Forever Lobbying Project, a ground-breaking journalistic investigation.
Today the EU Chemicals Agency launches a consultation on its analysis of the proposal to ban #PFAS
Agency expert committees agree that:
ā”ļø restricting PFAS is most appropriate šŖšŗ action to protect people & planet
ā”ļø proposal is implementable, manageable & enforceable
https://www.echa.europa.eu/-/echa-supports-pfas-restriction-with-targeted-derogations
Itās a technical consultation but we must have our voices heard!
It will be especially important that producers of safer alternatives to #PFAS respond to the consultation.
You can also sign this petition: https://www.action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01-ban-forever-chemicals-EN
Weāre exposed to alarmingly high levels of āforever chemicalsā causing cancer, infertility & birth defects. Companies are spending ā¬ā¬ā¬ to delay plans to get rid of them. Call on European leaders to take action before they face re-election! #toxicfreefuture
Corporate Europe Observatory
David Hembrow