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As #PFAS consultation ends on Monday, check out our research on the industry, its lobby allies & strategies to weaken EU’s proposed restriction on #ForeverChemicals
Time to #BanPFAS to stop environmental pollution & the growing human health costs.
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#PFAS are everywhere and burden of dealing with human health & environmental consequences are to be counted in billions at EU level.
Globally it could be trillions.
125 NGOs demand to #BanPFAS in consumer products by 2025 & a complete ban by 2030.
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EU is currently consulting on a proposed ban on #PFAS, with a phase out planned over 12 years, but it looks as if industry has been dominating the consultation, with far more submissions than anyone else.
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Industry has a 2-pronged approach to the proposed #PFAS restriction.
Industry strategy 1: Try to persuade decision-makers that they are trust-worthy and responsible.
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Industry strategy 2: Try to persuade decision-makers that ‘our’ #PFAS are special and need special time-unlimited opt-outs from the ban.
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Global chemicals industry is huge & there are many producers and users of #PFAS throughout industrial supply chains. Just 13 of them have a combined annual EU lobby spend, on all issues, of €18-21 million.
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🚩Decision-makers no longer trust #BigTobacco on public health policy
🚩Decision-makers shouldn’t trust #FossilFuelpolluters on #ClimateCrisis policy
🚩Decision-makers shouldn’t trust #Toxicsindustry on #PFAS
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