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PFAS in Drinking Water: NGOs Demand Four Times More Stringent Limit Value for Austria

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Swedish report recommends a maximum of four nanograms per litre to protect children, as current values already exceed their dose

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Greenpeace and Global 2000 criticise the lack of protection against the Eternityschemikale PFAS in Austria. Children are particularly affected.

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Swedish report recommends a maximum of four nanograms per litre to protect children, as current values already exceed their dose

·Vienna, Austria
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According to Greenpeace and Global 2000, the local limit value of the Eternity Shemikali PFAS, which occurs more and more frequently in Austria, should be set much lower. In this country, there is not even an own PFAS-4 limit value, but only a PFAS-20 value of 100 nanograms per litre of water. A new toxicological report from Sweden shows that drinking water must not contain more than four nanograms of the particularly dangerous PFAS-4 per litre.

Children and adults at risk of PFAS limit values – New report recommends a maximum of 4 nanograms PFAS-4 – values from Schwechat were most recently found in more than twice the increased PFAS-4 loads in tap water in Schwechat and Mannswörth. From the point of view of Greenpeace and GLOBAL 2000, a new toxicological expert report by Swedish toxicologist Mattias [...] The article Greenpeace and GLOBAL 2000: PFAS limit value protects children not su…

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