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🌿 Protecting people and the #environment from harmful #hormone/#endocrine disrupting #chemicals (EDCs) and persistent chemicals like #PFAS at UK, #EU & international levels.
🏡 An estimated 80% of people in Britain live within 2km of a known landfill, with communities in more deprived areas disproportionately affected.

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December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
🌊 Many sites sit in floodplains, increasing the risk of pollutants like #foreverchemicals leaching into the environment.
 
🚰 The investigation also found over 4,000 historical landfills in England and Wales located within drinking water zones, despite being unlikely to have pollution controls.
December 4, 2025 at 3:01 PM
💪 CHEM Trust is calling on the EU to deliver a comprehensive EU-wide group restriction on PFAS to protect citizens across Europe from #ForeverChemicals!
 
Read more about national PFAS bans in our latest blog: buff.ly/OKDoILy
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#StopPFAS
Is there a role for national action in restricting PFAS chemicals?
PFAS chemicals, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of over 10,000 chemicals also known as the ‘forever chemicals’ because they hardly degrade in the environment. Pollution from these…
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December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
December 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
📣 CHEM Trust is calling on the UK Government to restrict PFAS as a group, in line with the upcoming EU universal PFAS restriction. 

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December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
🥕 The programme also highlighted that PFAS has been found in food. Residents near a Lancashire chemicals plant have even been advised to take the precautionary approach to eating homegrown produce.
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
⚠️Exposure to some PFAS has been linked to harmful health impacts, including certain cancers & reduced fertility.

🩸Presenter Catrin Nye found out she had PFAS in her blood - but it doesnt stop there! Numerous studies have found PFAS in people’s blood, including that of EU leaders.
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 5:09 PM