A group of 45 NGOs on Wednesday issued a manifesto urging EU countries to ban so-called ‘forever chemicals’ — technically per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — in consumer products by 2025, and across all uses by 2030. The European Commission pledged to ban all non-essential uses of PFAS in 2020, under the EU chemicals strategy for sustainability. In May, MEPs called to speed up restrictions on these chemicals.
