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BRUSSELS/FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Commission is planning to allow exemptions from a proposed ban on substances known as PFAS, or "forever chemicals", to protect key industries, a letter ...
In 2019, the European Council requested the European Commission to develop an action plan to eliminate all non-essential uses of PFAS due to the growing evidence of adverse effects caused by exposure to these substances; the evidence for the widespread occurrence of PFAS in water, soil, articles, and waste; and the threat it can pose to ...
Several countries in Europe have proposed near-total PFAS restrictions, and the European Union might be just a few years away from a continent-wide ban, Lange Garrison said.
As of September 2022, there are 186 parties to the convention (185 states and the European Union). [1] Notable non-ratifying states include the United States, Israel, and Malaysia. The Stockholm Convention was adopted to EU legislation in Regulation (EC) No 850/2004. [3] In 2019, the latter was replaced by Regulation (EU) 2019/1021. [4]
In 2019, the European Parliament voted 560 to 35 to ban all food and beverage containers made from expanded polystyrene throughout the European Union member states. [2] Canada amended its 'Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999' in 2022 to prohibit foodservice ware made of expanded or extruded polystyrene, and also polyvinyl chloride ...
Of nearly 1,300 samples it tested since 2019, most were PFAS-free, ... some states have introduced legislation to ban farmers from using sewage sludge on their fields. Maine is one state that has ...
In the European Green Deal of 2020, a commitment was made to update the REACH regulation to ban between 7,000 and 12,000 toxic substances in all consumer products, except where truly essential. The goal was among the priorities of the European Commission , but is in danger of being radically revised due to lobbying by the EU chemical industry ...
He pointed to a 2019 study that listed 72 pesticides approved in the U.S. that are banned or in the process of being phased out in the European ... and revisiting the designation of PFAS, a known ...