US EditionEU Environment Ministers Test Blood for 'Forever Chemicals'
AALBORG, DENMARK, JUL 10 – Ministers tested their blood for 13 persistent PFAS chemicals to highlight health risks such as cancer and immune suppression and support a comprehensive EU ban proposal.
- On Thursday, EU environment and climate ministers tested their blood for PFAS, during an informal meeting in Denmark.
- Forever chemicals, known as PFAS, take an extremely long time to break down in the environment, explaining their widespread contamination of nearly all Europeans including children and pregnant women.
- The Danish Ministry of Environment and Gender Equality launched the initiative, partnering with EEB and ChemSec, with 32 EU ministers volunteering for blood testing for 13 PFAS substances.
- Amid growing calls for action, five nations proposed banning PFAS under REACH, but major loopholes remain.
- Without a comprehensive ban, the economic toll of PFAS pollution could reach €2 trillion over 20 years, with €100 billion annually for remediation and €52-84 billion in health costs, the EEB says.
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EU environment ministers test blood for 'forever chemicals'
EU environment and climate ministers meeting in Denmark on Thursday tested their blood for "forever chemicals" linked to serious health risks, in a bid to raise awareness about chemical pollution, Danish and European officials said.
Ministers for the Environment and Climate of certain EU Member States (EU) have submitted, in Denmark, a blood test to detect the presence of "Eternal Pollutants" (PFAS) and to raise awareness of chemical pollution, AFP, quoted by Agerpres.
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