The two days of the OECD forum cover the full breadth of the global PFAS problem from the health consequences of PFAS exposure and the global distribution of contamination, to the complicated methods of analysis, international differences in regulation, and the challenges of waste management and recycling.
“You have to ask yourself where the substances are contained everywhere. And we won’t be able to answer this question,” said Martin Scheringer, ETH Zurich. He emphasises that the time factor must also be taken into account in all PFAS regulation discussions: “The PFAS that enter the environment now will remain there forever. It is therefore very urgent to restrict the substances.”
The forum underscores just how complex, time-consuming, expensive, and long-lasting the PFAS contamination problem is globally, and why proven, scalable PFAS remediation technology is more critical than ever for protecting soil, groundwater, and human health.
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