In a historic ruling, the court ruled that Chemours is liable for pollution damage in Dordrecht. This seems to open the way to millions of claims, criminal prosecution and liability for other polluters. ‘If I had a company that emitted substances, I would now be thinking about what this ruling means for me.’ The Rotterdam
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Massive amounts of “ultra short” pfas are everywhere: in the environment, in drinking water and even in beer. These potentially dangerous substances have remained under the radar for a long time because they are very difficult to measure. It is not yet clear how toxic they are – they are not covered by pfas in
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Over a year ago, Tim Luimes, member of The Investigative Desk, came up with the idea to start a cross-border project about “forever chemicals” PFAS and the contaminated sites all across Europe. What followed was an exclusive, months-long investigation by 18 European newsrooms. Together with a colleague of The Investigative Desk, Tomas Vanheste, and research partners
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We did not know that public health was at risk. So say the ministers responsible for the 2017 decision to keep quiet about the PFOS contamination. In reality, there were numerous signals that there was a risk. These signals were systematically ignored for fifteen years, according to a reconstruction by Knack and journalistic collective The
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