EU agency starts assessment of controversial chemical found in water and wine

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The Eternity Shemikali Trifluoracetate (TFA), known for its potentially toxic effects on reproduction, has been detected in Austrian cereal products and water.

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Last week, SWR Heilbronn reported that the water supply of Bad Rapfenau in the district of Heilbronn – also nationwide in the first – had taken measures to filter chemicals from the water. Activated carbon was the means of choice, "to remove TFA from the groundwater". TFA, a substance from the huge family of PFAS, eternity-semicals. These are called because they are no longer degrading themselves in the environment. A particularly big concern ch…

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On Tuesday 3 June 2025, an implementing regulation was published in the Official Journal of the European Union amending the Reach Regulation to include measures to restrict the use of N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAC) and 1-ethylpyrrolidin...

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TFA, a mining product of the PFAs, is suspected of causing malformations in fetuses. The environmental protection organisation Global 2000 calls for the planned EU ban to be approved.