Your pizza box 🍕, raincoat 🧥, or cosmetics 💅 might contain PFHxA, a "forever chemical".
Part of the PFAS family, these chemicals pose unacceptable risks to health and the environment. They don’t break down, contaminating soil and water.
Under REACH, we're restricting PFHxA and its related substances.
Manufacturers will have between 18 months to 5 years transition to safer alternatives.
Learn more here → https://europa.eu/!YcVVRq
@EUCommission
How could those ever be allowed?!!!!!??? Who did that?
@jele @EUCommission These used to be allowed because no one knew they were harmful. They are very inert substances, which is why they are "forever" - if they don't interact with most other substances, they don't get broken down for a long time. Eventually it turned out that they do in fact interact with our bodies in some ways, causing problems.
