Environmental and health organizations from all over Europe wrote to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen just a month ago to urge action in response to revelations regarding the astronomical cost of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances) pollution. They wrote a joint letter urging her to “end the worst pollution crisis in human history” by outlawing these substances, as she had promised to do in 2022 as part of the “zero pollution” strategy of the European Green Deal.
Now, France is at the forefront. A bill to safeguard the public from the dangers of PFAS was approved by lawmakers on Thursday, February 20. The text passed both chambers of parliament, the Assemblée Nationale and the Sénat, and was adopted in spite of efforts by the conservative Union des Droites pour la République and the far-right Rassemblement National to block it.
“A topic that was not widely discussed has become a topic of public discussion in just two and a half years, thanks to the mobilization of members of parliament, NGOs, scientists, and investigative journalists, to the point where France now has one of the most ambitious laws on PFAS in the world,” stated Nicolas Thierry, a Green party MP and the bill’s.
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