RIVM: Many People with Too Much PFAS in Their Blood, but Also Cautiously Positive News
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While Europe is working on a total ban on PFAS, the RIVM observes that most Dutch people already have lower levels of these chemicals in their blood. But not in Zeeuws-Vlaanderen.
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The amount of PFAS in the blood of adults in the Netherlands has decreased since 2016/2017. This is shown by new RIVM research among 967 blood donors. In 71 percent, the amount is still above the health-based limit. In the earlier studies, this applied to 99 percent.
Dutch people who have polluting PFAS in their blood will also get rid of them. Since a ban, the blood concentrations of two types of PFAS seem...
Almost every Dutch person had PFAS in their blood in 2025, according to the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). Furthermore, nearly three-quarters of the Dutch population had excessive levels of it in their blood. They exceed the so-called health-based limit value, according to a study conducted by the RIVM using blood samples from 2025 from donors at blood bank Sanquin. At the same time, there appears to be a sligh…
In 71 percent of adults in the Netherlands, PFAS in the blood exceeds the health-based limit.… PFAS in blood: RIVM sees decrease, but 71 percent have levels that are too high
Many Dutch people still have more PFAS in their blood than is considered healthy. This is evident from new research by the RIVM. However, the measured amounts are lower than in previous research. The researchers do not yet dare to say whether there has truly been a decrease.
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