A cross-border investigation by Unearthed into forever chemicals was released this week, turning up a number of interesting findings into a toxic chemicals crisis we’re only beginning to understand.

The reporting effort – 46 journalists and 18 experts across 16 countries – has so far detailed the jaw-dropping cost of cleaning up these toxic forever chemicals, has mapped high risk sites, has dived into misleading lobbying, and found that industry leader 3M was aware of and failed to disclose the risks associated with its firefighting products.

The Guardian also reported MoD documents showing that RAF bases are hotspots of ‘forever chemical’ groundwater pollution.

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European organisation calls for PFAS phase-out 

The European water association Eureau says that end-of-pipe solutions cannot and will not solve PFAS problems. It has called for a prompt and far-reaching PFAS ban.

See the recent CIWEM Policy Position Statement PFAS risk and management in the water industry