France: A Study Highlights the Omnipresence of PFAS in Bathing Waters
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This scientific study documents a previously unstudied form of pollution. The Surfrider Foundation has quantified PFAS, persistent pollutants, in 107 French bathing sites. The study was made possible by citizen sampling campaigns conducted according to a well-defined protocol, and its results are unequivocal: they confirm that bathing waters are not spared from PFAS pollution, also known as the "21st-century health scandal."
After the tap water, the sea. A study published Friday by the Surfrider association and the Eurofins laboratory, and conducted from analyses at 107 French bathing sites, shows that most of the "waters of leisure" are...
The majority of the bathing sites analysed by the Surfrider Foundation Europe are contaminated by eternal pollutants, according to the NGO study published on Friday 3 July. Three quarters of the lakes and rivers, and close to one in two beaches exceed the threshold of "bad chemical status".
A study published this Friday, July 3rd warns about the presence of eternal pollutants in the waters of many lakes, rivers or beaches. If their consequences on the health of bathers remain uncertain, the document completes an already heavy dossier.
"PFAS have been detected at all the bathing sites and water practices studied, with varying levels of contamination. The marine environment still too often passes under radars. Yet, it too is largely contamin...
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