EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Environment

Greens in European Parliament put pressure on European Commission to avoid postponing REACH review on eternal pollutants until December

Brussels, 20/04/2023 (Agence Europe)

The EU cannot wait to eliminate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the eternal, highly toxic chemical pollutants found absolutely everywhere, and there is no question that the Commission is now considering postponing the long-awaited revision of the REACH regulation (1907/2006) until December instead of June (see EUROPE B13142A23), stressed the Greens/EFA group in a topical debate on Thursday 20 April, which it had requested in order to question the European Commission. This...