PFAS in North & Baltic Sea Fish: Greenpeace Report

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Food fish, crabs and bivalve molluscs from the North and Baltic Sea are contaminated with the environmental chemicals PFAS. This is the result of Greenpeace. The Federal Environment Agency calls the spread of PFAS "very worrying". By Nick Schader.

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According to Greenpeace, fish, bivalve molluscs and crabs from the North and Baltic Seas sometimes contain high levels of PFAS. The environmental organisation warns against health risks and demands stricter controls.

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According to the environmental organisation Greenpeace, food fish, mussels and crabs from the North and Baltic Sea are partly heavily contaminated with harmful so-called Eternity Shemikalen (PFAS).

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Seafood from the North and Baltic Seas can have high PFAS concentrations. Measurements were already up to 40 percent higher than the weekly consumption recommendation for a meal.

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Greenpeace Germany has had 17 samples of fish, mussels and crabs from the North and Baltic Sea tested by an independent laboratory for perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). Evidence was provided in each of the samples, almost half of which were considered to be of concern to children at normal consumption levels. Four samples would not have been safe even for adults. According to the NGO, these results clearly show how larg…