The ECHA has published a restriction proposal for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) on its Web site. The proposal covers about 10,000 PFAS, making it one of the most comprehensive regulations since REACH went into effect in 2007. National agencies in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden developed the…
The EU plans to prohibit the marketing, use, and export of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in firefighting foams. As a first step, the ECHA has now provided a proposal on how to limit the use of PFAS to protect water and soil in the future. In their Annex XV…
After the first per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) consultation the spring of 2020, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden have now opened a second consultation period. The consultation offers stakeholders the opportunity to confirm already available information on PFASs and supply new information, such as data related to the…
Every child examined was contaminated with perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), and 86% of the 1,109 blood plasma samples taken from children and adolescents between 3 and 17 years old contained perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Those are the results of an assessment of the representative German environmental study on the health of children…
The German environmental agency, UBA, has published “Potential SVHC in environment and articles – information collection with the aim to prepare restriction proposals for PFAS on the use and spread of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances”. The report was created in preparation for a restriction proposal under REACH. Two years ago,…
As part of a study, scientists of the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) studied 17 cosmetics and found relatively high concentrations of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in one of every three products. The researchers found at least one of the substances in all of the products. In six of…
