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💥 This week, we’re busting five common industry myths about the #PFAS ban! 📣 As decision time gets closer, industry opposition to the EU’s proposed ban on PFAS substances is getting louder. Powerful PR teams are pumping out the message that the world will end without PFAS. Their propaganda has been published or broadcast so often that it’s often assumed to be common knowledge. But that doesn’t make it true. ✅ So far, we’ve busted two myths. Next up is the claim that not all PFAS are harmful and the bad ones are already banned. 🤓 While it is true that not all PFAS are equally toxic, the fact that they do not break down in nature is in itself cause for concern. Persistence leads to increased concentrations, which leads to levels that will eventually have effects, so even less toxic PFAS will impact human health and the #environment over time. Moreover, the more we know about PFAS molecules, the more hazard endpoints they show. ⚖️ Finally, the bad ones – those where #health concerns are most acute – have by no means gone away. Only a tiny handful of PFAS chemicals have been restricted so far. The only way to effectively ban such a huge group of chemicals is through a group-based approach. Otherwise, we will continue to have a lot of “regrettable substitutions” on our hands and legislation won’t be able to keep up. 👉🏻 Follow the link to find out exactly why this and other industry claims are false: https://lnkd.in/dgUAzcey
