Firefighters Wore Gear Containing “Forever Chemicals.” The Forest Service Knew and Stayed Silent for Years.
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As early as 2021, government officials were alerted to the presence of potentially dangerous chemicals known as PFAS in pants used by wildland firefighters, according to emails obtained by ProPublica.
https://www.propublica.org/article/forest-service-forever-chemical-firefighter-pfas?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #PFAS #Fire #WIldfires #Government #Chemicals #Safety #Health

DuPont poisoned you for decades, knowing the risks before you were even born

#Teflon #PFAS #DrinkingWater #Oligarchs #DuPont #crime #environment #ForeverChemicals https://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2019/06/14/how-a-du-pont-heir-avoided-jail-time-for-a-heinous-crime/

DuPont poisoned you for decades, knowing the risks before you were even born

#Teflon #PFAS #DrinkingWater #Oligarchs #DuPont #crime #environment #ForeverChemicals https://www.forbes.com/sites/denizcam/2019/06/14/how-a-du-pont-heir-avoided-jail-time-for-a-heinous-crime/

PFAS : l’incinérateur d’Ivry-sur-Seine

Cet incinérateur d’ordures ménagères est le plus grand d’ #Europe et brûle chaque année 700.000 tonnes d’ordures, en provenance de 14 communes d #’ÎledeFrance et de 12 arrondissements de #Paris Géré par le #Syctom https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syctom des analyses font apparaître des niveaux élevés de #PFAS https://www.charentelibre.fr/environnement/pollution/polluants-eternels-a-ivry-l-etude-qui-met-en-cause-le-plus-grand-incinerateur-d-europe-26290762.php Les riverains, qui dénoncent la #pollution liée à cette infrastructure, ne décolèrent pas https://reporterre.net/Inadmissible-La-fermeture-du-polluant-incinerateur-d-Ivry-Paris-13-encore-reportee

#environnement

PFAS : l’incinérateur d’Ivry-sur-Seine

Cet incinérateur d’ordures ménagères est le plus grand d’ #Europe et brûle chaque année 700.000 tonnes d’ordures, en provenance de 14 communes d #’ÎledeFrance et de 12 arrondissements de #Paris Géré par le #Syctom https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syctom des analyses font apparaître des niveaux élevés de #PFAS https://www.charentelibre.fr/environnement/pollution/polluants-eternels-a-ivry-l-etude-qui-met-en-cause-le-plus-grand-incinerateur-d-europe-26290762.php Les riverains, qui dénoncent la #pollution liée à cette infrastructure, ne décolèrent pas https://reporterre.net/Inadmissible-La-fermeture-du-polluant-incinerateur-d-Ivry-Paris-13-encore-reportee

#environnement

The continued use of "forever chemicals" could cost Europe up to €1.7 trillion by 2050 because of their impact on people's health and the environment, an EU-commissioned report found. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/01/30/world/science-health/eu-pfas-economic-impact/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #pfas #health #eu #europe

And the 🇪🇺 Commission looks set to continue its turbo-charged #deregulation agenda.

There are rumours of more omnibuses, while other much-needed rules in the pipeline now look as it they will be substantially weakened, for example on #PFAS or #REACH reform .

https://www.euobserver.com/health-and-society/ar4545905d

And the 🇪🇺 Commission looks set to continue its turbo-charged #deregulation agenda.

There are rumours of more omnibuses, while other much-needed rules in the pipeline now look as it they will be substantially weakened, for example on #PFAS or #REACH reform .

https://www.euobserver.com/health-and-society/ar4545905d

❌ Or see how countries behind the original proposal (🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇩🇰) have already proposed weaker approaches on #PFAS mabufacturing for exports + many new derogations from ban.
❌ Or the 🇪🇺 chemicals agency leaving 8 sectors out of its evaluation.

https://www.chemsec.org/pfas-restriction-proposal-5-red-flags-from-the-recent-update/

It has been exactly 1 year since launch of #ForeverLobbying Project & our own Chemical Reaction report.
Together we exposed access, strategies, & misleading messaging of prominent parts of #PFAS industry against proposed ban.
➡️ https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-reaction
➡️ https://www.foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/

The work was featured in media outlets across Europe; it has won at least one award & been nominated for others.
The impacts have been far and wide, including prompting a new programme to empower rigorous journalism!

❌ And today, despite the intense criticism of EU fluoropolymer #PFAS industry, we see Plastics Europe enjoyed much greater lobby access to Commissioners’ cabinets on varied issues in last year.
2025 = 11 meetings
2024 = 1
2023 = 6
2022 = 1
2021 = 1
2020 = 3
https://www.lobbyfacts.eu/datacard/plasticseurope-services-sprl?rid=454264611835-56

❌ Or recent industry-friendly @europarl.europa.eu report on fluoropolymer #PFAS which:
➡️ risks pre-empting far more detailed ECHA work
➡️ only interviewed industry
➡️ uses a too-narrow lens to assess fluoropolymers
➡️ has research "limitations"
➡️ wrongly says F-gases are already regulated enough

❌ Or see how countries behind the original proposal (🇳🇴 🇸🇪 🇳🇱 🇩🇪 🇩🇰) have already proposed weaker approaches on #PFAS mabufacturing for exports + many new derogations from ban.
❌ Or the 🇪🇺 chemicals agency leaving 8 sectors out of its evaluation.

https://www.chemsec.org/pfas-restriction-proposal-5-red-flags-from-the-recent-update/

But today, after intense corporate lobbying, proposed #PFAS restriction is fragile.
❌ Take 🇪🇺 Commission’s emphasis on tackling consumer PFAS uses (cosmetics, waterproof clothing...) but indicating a far weaker approach on industrial sources of pollution.
https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/2025/05/consumer-pfas-vs-universal-ban

It has been exactly 1 year since launch of #ForeverLobbying Project & our own Chemical Reaction report.
Together we exposed access, strategies, & misleading messaging of prominent parts of #PFAS industry against proposed ban.
➡️ https://www.corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-reaction
➡️ https://www.foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/

The work was featured in media outlets across Europe; it has won at least one award & been nominated for others.
The impacts have been far and wide, including prompting a new programme to empower rigorous journalism!

New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water come into effect

https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eu-rules-limit-pfas-drinking-water-2026-01-12_en

#Environment #Pollution #Water #PFAS #EU #UE

New EU-wide protections against PFAS in drinking water come into effect

https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/new-eu-rules-limit-pfas-drinking-water-2026-01-12_en

#Environment #Pollution #Water #PFAS #EU #UE

Huge, if true.

"The council says SoyFoam is just as effective as traditional foams without the health and environmental dangers caused by forever chemicals known as PFAS, which the older generation products contained."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/01/soybeans-soyfoam-fighting-fires

#soybeans #PFAS #firefighting

Huge, if true.

"The council says SoyFoam is just as effective as traditional foams without the health and environmental dangers caused by forever chemicals known as PFAS, which the older generation products contained."
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/01/soybeans-soyfoam-fighting-fires

#soybeans #PFAS #firefighting