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The Nordic council of ministers previously estimated that exposure to PFAS costs Europeans between €52bn and €84bn annually (Photo: CDC)

EU Commission bans group of ‘forever chemicals’ from consumer products

The European Commission on Thursday (19 September) announced a ban on the sale and use of a subgroup of so-called ‘forever chemicals’ in consumer products such as rain jackets, paper and cardboard food packaging, waterproofing sprays, cosmetics, upholstery and some firefighting foams.

However, an up to five-year transition period will allow industry to find sa...

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