Commission restricts use of a sub-group of PFAS chemicals to protect human health and the environment
September 19, 2024
September 19, 2024
BRUSSELS, Belgium, Sept. 19 -- The European Commission issued the following news release:
Today, the Commission has adopted new measures under the REACH Regulation the EU chemicals legislation to protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of undecafluorohexanoic acid ('PFHxA') and PFHxA -related substances. These sub-groups of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances ('PFAS') are very persistent and mobile in water, and their use in certain products poses an unaccepta . . .
Today, the Commission has adopted new measures under the REACH Regulation the EU chemicals legislation to protect human health and the environment by restricting the use of undecafluorohexanoic acid ('PFHxA') and PFHxA -related substances. These sub-groups of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances ('PFAS') are very persistent and mobile in water, and their use in certain products poses an unaccepta . . .