Tag: PFAS
PFAS: the government is committed to fighting these eternal pollutants
News Published on 04/05/2024 at 5:32 p.m. Updated 04/05/2024 at 5:32 p.m. Reading 4 min. Yesterday, Thursday April 4, deputies voted on a text aimed at limiting the distribution of…
How do you know if you have PFAS at home?
Very present in your interior, PFAS, these eternal pollutants can hide in your non-stick pans or even your cosmetic products. This Thursday, April 4, 2024, deputies are examining the bill…
Why the law passed on PFAS outrages environmentalists and consumer associations
The environmentalist bill aimed at banning PFAS was amended by the National Assembly this Thursday, April 4. It no longer concerns kitchen utensils. Lively debates. Unanimously adopted in committee last…
Around ten French personalities contaminated with PFAS
News Published on 03/24/2024 at 8:01 p.m. Updated 03/24/2024 at 8:01 p.m. Reading 2 min. Mélanie Laurent, Guillaume Meurice, Nathan Ambrosioni, as well as ten other French celebrities donated a…
PFAS must be cleaned in the treatment plants by 2026 at the latest
share-arrowShare unsaveSave Stricter requirements for wastewater treatment are proposed by the EU as part of the European Commission’s “Green Deal”. Something that can be expensive for the polluter. expand-left full…
This is how SVT did the mapping of PFAS in the drinking water
Background: In 2021, the Swedish Food Agency published a survey of which water utilities supply drinking water with PFAS. According to that survey, only 123 out of 290 municipalities analyzed…
The Hague will pay 23.5 million for cleaning up PFAS at Soesterberg Air Base
Arcadis is preparing the remediation plan for the soil contaminated with PFAS at the former air base, the consultancy and engineering firm announced. “This project is trend-setting because the remediation…
Swedish water about the PFAS verdict in Ronneby and Kallinge
The industry organization Svenskt Vatten is strongly critical of the fact that the legal process – where the municipality may now have to pay damages – does not even involve…
Thousands drank water with PFAS – now the dispute is settled in HD
PFAS stands for per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances and began to be produced on a larger scale in the 1950s. There are approximately 10,000 different PFAS substances. The PFAS molecules…
How your body is affected by PFAS
Updated 05.54 | Published 05.33 Share the article Save the article Almost everyone has PFAS in their bodies. Here’s how the substances can affect us – and how we can…