The corporate campaign to weaken Europe’s fight against forever chemicals

It’s in our food, wine and water: Rising levels of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) – a type of “forever chemical” linked to serious health problems – are causing alarm in Europe. Yet when Brussels revised its drinking water law and regulated the toxic substances, high concentrations of TFA were ultimately overlooked. Journalist and physicist Thomas Goorden reveals how the chemical industry downplayed the risks of TFA, and how its lobbying efforts appear to have swayed the European Commission into diluting the vital legislation. Related stories ➪ https://www.ftm.eu/articles/pollution-crisis-threatens-europe-lobbyists-sway-brussels Follow the podcast https://www.ftm.eu/podcast/follow-the-money-the-podcast Follow FTM on social media: Instagram ➪ https://www.instagram.com/followthemoney_eu/ BlueSky ➪ https://bsky.app/profile/ftm.eu LinkedIn ➪ https://www.linkedin.com/company/follow-the-money-eu/ Become a member and support independent investigative journalism! https://www.ftm.eu/subscribe

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