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Denmark has banned 8 more #pesticides containing #PFAS

The main reason: these pesticides can break down into #TFA a small chain PFAS scientists are increasingly concerned about.

Fidra research earlier this year found #TFA widespread in UK rivers 💧

Read more ▶️ www.pan-europe.info/blog/denmark...

It's overdue to #BanPFAS #StopPFAS

www.banpfasmanifesto.org/en/

More than 20 EU politicians test positive for forever chemicals in their blood The results highlight the wide reach of a group of chemicals linked to cancer, liver damage and fertility problems.

A group of 24 European politicians whose blood was tested for toxic PFAS chemicals over the summer all had the substances in their bodies, the NGOs involved in the testing revealed today.

EU leaders contaminated with PFAS "forever chemicals" PRESS RELEASE: Harmful PFAS substances have been found in the blood of 24 EU representing 19 countries.

🚩 Harmful PFAS substances have been found in the blood of 24 EU leaders representing 19 countries, confirming that no one is immune to exposure from these persistent “forever chemicals.”

Read the full press release here: chemsec.org/eu-leaders-c...

Chemical reaction | Corporate Europe Observatory The proposal to restrict PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying, says a new CEO report. Find out more, including about the Forever Lobbying Project, a grou...

Important thread.

Makes the case for a comprehensive ban on #PFAS, but for that to happen, EU decision-makers will need to stand up to the corporate lobby which wants to delay, dilute, and derail the ban.

More info here: corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-...

#BanPFAS

As a citizen, you can add your voice to the call urging European leaders to commit to a toxic free Europe and make taking action against toxic chemicals in our nature, air, water and bodies an urgent priority

📝 action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...

@wemoveeurope.bsky.social #ToxicFreeFuture

The EU is at a critical crossroads, revising a future-proof REACH and adopting an ambitious universal PFAS restriction

Today, more than 100 organisations launched the #StopPFAS manifesto, urging EU leaders to support a universal PFAS restriction – not just partial bans

banpfasmanifesto.org/en/

💚 Reason for hope - Regulation works:

@ylaleena.bsky.social Executive Director of the @eea.europa.eu, who had previously tested her blood with @eeb.org, showed a decline in PFAS levels, reflecting trends observed among the European population for restricted PFAS.

The Forever Lobbying Project The Forever Lobbying Project exposes the real cost of PFAS pollution on the environment, science, and politics.

💡 Why it matters?

PFAS contamination spares no one - people or the planet

New “replacement” PFAS keep building up, proving partial
bans aren’t enough

’Cleanup could cost the EU €2 trillion over 20 years - prevention is far cheaper

#PFAS #StopPFAS #EU #PublicHealth

foreverpollution.eu/lobbying/

🔎 Findings briefly:

- Between three and eight PFAS chemicals were detected in the blood of all EU officials tested

- Half of EU leaders tested exceed levels linked to health risks

- Six PFAS (PFOA, PFOS, PFHxS, PFNA, PFDA & PFUnDA) are already regulated in Europe - yet still found in their blood

The @eeb.org, together with DK and @chemsec.bsky.social has tested the blood for PFAS of 24 EU leaders from 19 countries

🩸More than half of the politicians tested have concerning levels of #PFAS their blood

Read our press release to learn more about the findings eeb.org/eu-leaders-c...

🔎 The Forever Lobbying Project is shortlisted for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism!

🧪 This investigation exposed an ongoing, orchestrated lobbying and disinformation campaign by the PFAS industry and its allies...

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📆 It's time for the #ClimateArena conference! This week, we will be meeting climate journalists, activists & scientists in Budapest for #CA25.

If you haven't yet got your tickets, there are still a handful left.

🔎 Programme: climatearena2025.sched.com
🎟️ Tickets: climatearena.eu/register/

The #foreverlobbyingproject was nominated for the Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize of the European Parliament!

🥂 It was an honour to be a part of this project, congrats to @stephanehorel.bsky.social and everyone involved.

Tell the Commission: no weakening of rules on food and feed safety, pesticides | Corporate Europe Observatory Yet another Omnibus proposal has been announced in a ‘call for evidence’ by the Commission, to “reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens while maintaining high standards”, and this time the target is foo...

📣 Yet another #Omnibus proposal has been announced and this time the target is food and feed safety, in particular #pesticides.
☠️ The pesticide industry wants to weaken current pesticide rules.
👉 Tell EU decision makers: No weakening pesticide laws!
corporateeurope.org/en/2025/10/t...

Collage image of public figures (From left to right) Benjamin Netanyahu, Larry Ellison, Donald Trump, Tony Blair and Rupert Murdoch. Set against a bright yellow and orange background. Blair is prominent and central, rolling back his head back in laughter, surrounded by the other men. The text underneath reads: ‘WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?’ TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION. Bottom right is a logo that says THE NERVE.

‘WHAT WILL JESUS SAY?’ TONY BLAIR, BIG TECH AND THE ISRAEL CONNECTION

As Trump announces the former British PM as his choice to help govern Gaza, @carolecadwalla.bsky.social investigates the opaque workings of Blair’s institute…

#TheNerve #TheNerveNews
#TonyBlair #CaroleCadwalladr

See Deregulation Watch updates as Environment Omnibus discussed today in "stakeholders meeting".
corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

This is just days after VDL admits that so-called 'simplification' is indeed deregulation.
Defend our laws; we need rules to protect!
ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Neue Studie: Zivilgesellschaft unter Druck. Wie Autoritäre, Superreiche und Konzerne kritische Stimmen zum Schweigen bringen möchten. Bilder von Julian Reichelt (NIUS), Frank Gotthardt (Milliardär), Monika Hohlmeier (CSU).

Zivilgesellschaft unter Druck: Unsere neue Studie zeigt, wie autoritäre Kräfte, Superreiche und Konzernlobbyisten kritische Stimmen zum Schweigen bringen – und aus der Politik drängen möchten.

Wir liefern Argumente, warum es jetzt Maßnahmen zur Stärkung der Zivilgesellschaft braucht! 👇/1

“They want to do what?” said the journalist Bercovich, when I told him that Farage and Badenoch had claimed to be keen students of Mileinomics. “No, no, no. People in Britain must know: this has been a disaster from which it will take us years to recover.”

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25 years after the first warnings, Europe must act: prevent further contamination, uphold the law, and protect public health and the right to safe water.

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Meanwhile, #TFA has been quietly accumulating everywhere. Drinking water, groundwater, and food across Europe are widely contaminated. TFA, now the most common #PFAS in the environment by far, poses a planetary boundary threat.

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Despite early warnings, EU authorities kept approving #PFAS #pesticides that break down into #TFA. Industry followed a familiar playbook: delay, distort, dismiss evidence of harm. Now, mounting evidence has led to a proposal to classify TFA as ‘toxic to reproduction’.

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Our analysis of the industry studies submitted to the relevant EU Agencies & the @ec.europa.eu reveals compelling evidence of #TFA harm, including eye & skeletal malformations, immune system effects, thyroid hormone disruption, liver damage, & reduced sperm quality.

Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...

NEW: Read-up on today's update on Deregulation Watch, this time on chemical policy developments:

⚠️ Environment omnibus, including threats to the Substances of Concern in Products database
⚠️ Environment "stress test"
⚠️ REACH revision

corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...

We demand protection for the Flotillas for Gaza

🚨Gaza and Gazans urgently need humanitarian aid. The Flotillas for Gaza is are civilian and humanitarian initiatives to support Gaza and to break the siege. They are in danger!

➡️ Email your government now to protect & support the Flotilla⛵️ app.sosha.ai/s/pwvmUDvF

#GreenToGrey, a groundbreaking data journalism collaboration between Arena and 11 news teams across Europe, reveals the scale of nature and cropland loss across the continent.

Check it out 👇

Ah yes, nothing says "I'm a European company committed to Europe" like "Cut regulations or we we'll let Europe's economy tank".

Such Europeans, brings tears to my eyes.

COP30 President: The UN climate talks will be a defining business opportunity

Me: Like, a burning house is the perfect fire to roast marshmallows over?

It's time to end #BigPolluters' stranglehold over the UN climate talks. We demand a polluter-free #COP30!
kickbigpollutersout.org/Polluter-Fre...

Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023 * The Santa Claus effect: how expanding tourism ate into Lapland’s green space Europe is losing green space that once harboured wildlife, captured carbon and supplied food at the rate of 600 football pitches a day, an investigation by the Guardian and partners has revealed. Analysis of satellite imagery across the UK and mainland Europe over a five-year period shows the speed and scale with which green land is turning grey, consumed by tarmac for roads, bricks and mortar for luxury golf courses and housing developments. Continue reading...

Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day

[2/3] #GreenToGrey, a groundbreaking data journalism collaboration between Arena and 11 news teams across Europe, reveals the scale of nature and cropland loss across the continent.

Today we’re publishing this investigation initiated by Arena and NRK 🇳🇴, the first of its kind in Europe, alongside: