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Daniel Drepper
@danieldrepper.bsky.social

PFAS are called "the worst pollution crisis of all time". The EU wants to severely restrict them. But the chemical industry is fighting the biggest fight it ever fought. We investigated with 50 journalists & looked at thousands of docs, filed almost 200 FOIA requests, talked to dozens of experts.

foreverpollution.euThe Forever Pollution Project - Tracking PFAS across EuropeThe Forever Pollution Project showed that nearly 23,000 sites all over Europe are contaminated by the “forever chemicals” PFAS.

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Miska Knapek
@miskaknapek.bsky.social

While of course there's a lot of PFAS applications in new buildings everywhere, the Nordic countries saw a later urbanisation than the Continent. Consequently, it's my impression one has a fair bit more new buildings giving people more PFAS exposure from buildings than on the Continent.

Miska Knapek
@miskaknapek.bsky.social

... eg. where one might previously use stone, brick and/or limestone facades to keep water out of the insides of buildings, one uses more PFAS based water proofing chemicals on exteriors and bathroom/kitchen walls...amongst other PFAS application areas in modern buildings…

Daniel Drepper
@danieldrepper.bsky.social

We can show how the industry used false or misleading arguments in its lobbying efforts, over and over again. And we can show that politicians fell for them. More than two dozen media outlets will publish around 100 articles, videos & audios over the next few days about lobbying and clean-up costs.