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16 Sep 2022
Are there alternatives to PFAS?
That decision-making around regulating PFAS is complex, was illustrated at the Chemical Watch PFAS Global Updates 2022 virtual conference on 7 September. Four members of the FPP4EU sector group presen...
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12 Sep 2022
Blind scientific review on PFAS grouping
On 25 July, a group of twelve independent researchers published a blind scientific review on the grouping of PFAS for human health risk assessment. In the highlights of the article, the researchers un...
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12 Sep 2022
Novel PFAS degradation method
On 18 August, Science magazine reported scientists at Northwestern University and the University of California (US) have discovered a novel method to degrade carboxylic acid–containing PFAS. The cut...
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23 Jun 2022
Understanding the wide PFAS restriction
“The restriction is on its way, so be prepared” said Martijn Beekman, Project Manager PFAS REACH, of the Dutch National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) at the FPP4EU event ...
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04 Apr 2022
The complexity of decision making on PFAS
“Not knowing what a PFAS restriction under REACH may look like, for instance how PFAS will be defined and grouped, creates a lot of uncertainty for our members and their downstream users” said...
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23 Feb 2022
FPP4EU will carefully look into ECHA’s restriction proposal on PFAS in firefighting foams in view of the wider PFAS restriction
ECHA has submitted a proposal to restrict the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in fire-fighting foams.
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