02/05/2025 (Agence Europe) – In a note dated 29 April, the European Environment Agency (EEA) estimated that PFAS polymers are becoming more problematic for the environment and human health as they break down into smaller compounds. Considered less problematic than the monomers (the basic units) from which they are made, because their molecular size is larger, polymers can emit non-polymeric PFAS at all stages of their life cycle (from production to disposal in landfill or incineration). The EEA estimated that PFAS polymers make up between 24% and 40% of the total volume of PFASs on the European market, that they pollute water, air, soil, humans, wildlife and food, and that little information is available on them, particularly because they are exempt from registration under the REACH regulation. See the report: https://aeur.eu/f/gn3 (FS)