Growing evidence of ‘forever chemicals’ in UK water sources highlights the urgent need to address widespread PFAS pollution.
PFAS: The Unwelcome Guests in Our Water Sources
Tuesday, June 18th, 2024
Growing evidence of ‘forever chemicals’ in UK water sources highlights the urgent need to address widespread PFAS pollution.
Evidence demonstrates the alarming state of global PFAS pollution and the potentially profound implications should we not transition towards a PFAS free economy.
Compostable food packaging is becoming a increasingly popular alternative to single use plastic, but PFAS in compostable packaging can enter into the environment
The Soil Association has opened a consultation on new proposed changes to their packaging standard, including new restrictions to PFAS in packaging for organic food products.
Is non-stick cookware safe and what are the alternatives? Non-stick cookware is a source of PFAS exposure for many and linked to multiple health risks.
The long awaited PFAS Risk Management Options Analysis (RMOA) was finally published earlier this month by the UK’s Health and Safety Executive, working in partnership with the Environment Agency.
Pesticides, already products of concern for the environment, can also contain PFAS, also products of great concern. With the known environmental impacts of PFAS, alongside their alarming persistence, should this be allowed to continue?
With the news that representatives from Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark and Norway have submitted their collaborative PFAS restriction proposal to ECHA, the European Chemical Agency, we take a brief look at steps taken by other countries to address the global PFAS problem whilst we wait for the UK Government to take action themselves.
We often have enquiries from people who have either had their blood and water tested for PFAS, or are interested in getting a test, so we thought it might be helpful if we addressed this topic in a blog, making the information accessible to people who may need it.
On the 1st of June 2022, Scotland became the first UK nation to ban a group of single-use plastics. How did it happen, and what comes next?
A 2021 Environment Agency (EA) report1 highlights multiple gaps in the UK’s environmental monitoring for the group of chemicals known as poly- and per-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Should we be concerned?
Good news for the environment as more PFAS are identified as a ‘substances of very high concern’. But is it enough?