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  • Consumer products to face PFAS ban, EU environment chief says

  • Five EU members backed broad PFAS ban almost two years ago

  • Proposal next year at earliest, exemptions being examined

  • Health impact raises litigation risks - Jefferies analysts

  • finley@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    19 hours ago

    Aren’t these in practically everything? How are they going to do this?

    • Bell@lemmy.worldOP
      131·
      18 hours ago

      Most of these products were also manufactured before the 80s…so they can just go back to “the old way”.

      • Albbi@lemmy.ca
        121·
        17 hours ago

        Oh no, now my pizza box will have grease spots that soak all the way through. /s

        I’m so sick of these forever chemicals being near food. They did make life marginally more convenient but it shouldn’t cost us our health. Fucking PFAS in dental floss and microwave popcorn.