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Fierce Lobbying in EU over 'Forever Chemicals'
Industry groups are seeking carve-outs for critical sectors as the European Commission weighs a proposal covering 10,000 PFAS substances, officials said.
The European Union is under pressure to ban "forever chemicals" but a battle is heating up over the toxic substances known as PFAS in Brussels, where industry groups are seeking as many exemptions as possible.
We can find them in our stoves, cosmetics or pizza packaging. PFAS, these chemicals with harmful effects on health, could be used as a tool to... Read the article Eternal pollutants, industrialists mobilize to save their exemptions appeared first on Le Singulier.