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“PAN Europe and Global 2000 call for an immediate ban of PFAS pesticides
A new study reveals alarmingly high levels of the ‘forever chemical’ trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in everyday cereals and cereal products. The findings point to widespread contamination from PFAS pesticides, showing TFA levels three times higher than in a comparable study from eight years ago. While EU regulators are currently advancing the classification of TFA as toxic for reproduction, PAN Europe and Global 2000 urge policymakers to act without delay and stop this avoidable pollution of food and water by banning PFAS pesticides today.
The study, carried out by PAN Europe’s member Global 2000 in Austria, is a follow-up of the recently published EU-wide study of TFA in wine. The organisation analysed 48 cereal varieties and cereal products purchased in Austria, including pasta, baked goods, breakfast cereals, and whole grains, equally split between organic and conventional sources.” …