PFAS Ban Extended To Include More Products

PFAS Ban Extended To Include More Products

NEWPORT CITY- A bill passed in the last legislative session (Act 131) regulates the use of the PFAS family of chemicals. Scientific studies have found high concentrations of PFAS have an environmental impact and are linked to medical problems in…

The Long View – The Background The risks of PFAS, the so-called eternity chemicals, are by far not yet fully researched and therefore hardly calculable for liability insurers. However, a flat-rate exclusion of PFAS would be just as wrong as a flat-rate ban on these essential substances in many areas. Insurance protection can only exist for differentiated and sustainable handling. For this, insurers and industry must talk to each other. The first…

The European Union is committed to ensuring the safety of our children by concluding an agreement to ban products containing PFAS, dangerous substances, in the manufacture of toys.

In the future, however, this will change radically thanks to a decision by the Council and Parliament. Amélie Förster from the EuranetPlus team, what news have you brought us on the subject of children's toys? The European Parliament and the Council have agreed to launch a new regulation for the in-traffic packaging of toys, because the 2009 regulation is outdated and deficient. And so, in recent years, children's toys have repeatedly landed on …