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Tatiana Santos

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 06/07/2026
🚨 Who’s in the driving seat of the Critical Chemicals Alliance? New report by @corporateeurope.org & @eeb.org reveals how the @ec.europa.eu Critical Chemicals Alliance (CCA) is being shaped - and by whom. eeb.org/en/library/c...
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Miguel Urban @miguelurban.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Hoy, día mundial de los refugiados, escribo en @publico.es como “los gritos de “send them back” proferidos desde la bancada de la extrema derecha al aprobar el reglamento de retorno, son un síntoma grotesco del hundimiento de una identidad cívica europea” www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
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"Send them back": la UE abraza la política de la expulsión
La UE ha consolidado, con la aprobación del reglamento de retornos, su apuesta por la expulsión de personas a terceros países
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 28/04/2026
Are you our new Policy Officer for Chemicals? 👀 Chemicals pollution is a major threat to our health and environment. Join us and help shape chemicals policy that protect us all. More info in our ad⬇️ eeb.org/en/policy-of... #hiring #jobad #jobsinBrussels #pfas
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 23/04/2026
🚨PFAS represent a tangible and deeply human crisis More than 23,000 sites across Europe are already contaminated with #PFAS, with a further 21,500 suspected sites An estimated 12.5 million Europeans are drinking contaminated water open.substack.com/pub/european... @eeb.org @noemiejegou.bsky.social
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PFAS pollution: beyond the billions, the human cost of ‘forever chemicals’
PFAS are not just abstract figures. They represent a tangible and deeply human crisis.
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 24/04/2026
In solidarity with our friends from #CoordinationagainstBAYERDangers (CBG) today at Bayer's AGM. CBG submitted counter-motions, issues ranging from #Glyphosate as chemical weapon, pesticide-related side effect of Parkinson’s, through #PFAS, lobbying and EU-Mercosur FTA! Read: shorturl.at/mevMk
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Bayer’s toxic trails | Corporate Europe Observatory
Corporate Europe Observatory takes a deep dive into the German agrochemical giant Bayer. Whether it’s over glyphosate, GMOs, or global warming, we follow the company’s trail of lobbying to reveal how ...
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 24/04/2026
Unlawful delays by the @ec.europa.eu have already contributed to an estimated 100,000 tonnes of serious chemical pollution contaminating food systems, drinking water, homes, and more, according to a new report by the @eeb.org and @clientearth.bsky.social eeb.org/en/press-rel...
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 09/04/2026
Citizens severely affected by #PFAS across #Europe joined us in Brussels last March for a meeting described by @lemonde.fr @stephanehorel.bsky.social as a “historic moment in the fight for a PFAS ban.” The goal? To unite forces and push for an EU-wide PFAS ban. www.lemonde.fr/en/les-decod...
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 26/03/2026
🚨 The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has finally unveiled science-based opinions on the restriction of #PFAS #foreverchemicals ⚠️Both RAC and SEAC agree: PFAS pose a risk, emissions must be minimised and multiple uses have alternatives Check our article here > open.substack.com/pub/european...
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 11/03/2026
📣 The pollution industry got a red carpet in Antwerp; civil society got a closed door. 👉 We have now invited Von der Leyen to the #AntwerpCounterSummit. Will @vonderleyen accept the invitation of +270 civil society orgs? Declaration: bit.ly/AntwerpCount... (Your organisation can still sign it!)
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 11/03/2026
Europe’s water protection is under attack ⚔️🌊 Behind calls to “simplify” the #WaterFrameworkDirective lies a Big Mining agenda to shred these vital protections - for profit 🤯 At a time of water scarcity and pollution, EU must defend our rivers, groundwater & drinking water 💧✊ #ProtectOurWater
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 10/03/2026
Support @generationsfutures.fr call to the European Parliament: EU rules for health protection – no toxics in our cosmetics! 🚫 No deregulation of carcinogens, mutagens, or reprotoxic substances in cosmetics 🚫 No loopholes. No delays 🗣️ Make your voice heard: shaketonpolitique.org/en/appeals/o...
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Omnibus VI : No toxics in our cosmetics ! - Shake Ton Politique
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 05/03/2026
Busy day in Brussels. Proud to be part of the energetic protest this morning outside the European Commission together with citizens affected by #PFAS #ForeverChemicals from across Europe - 🇳🇱 🇫🇷 🇧🇪 🇮🇹 🇩🇰 🇩🇪 - and @eeb.org Together we demand a ban on PFAS now!
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 05/03/2026
Representatives from 5 PFAS-affected communities are taking the floor. Lawyear Isabelle Lamuseau about 3M: "Flemish government did not take action to not jeopardise a road project. I acted not as a lawyer but as a member of the public, and pointed out illegalities by 3M and the road project".
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 05/03/2026
So what about banning #PFAS? Jacob de Boer, Univ of Amsterdam: there is overwhelming evidence on the impacts of PFAS pollution Paul Speight, DG ENVI: Commission is taking this very seriously. Not only consumer uses!! But it's not normal. It was failure of REACH. Now also early warning mechanism.
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 05/03/2026
Full room for tonight's event on #PFAS and affected communities. Renew MEP Martin Hojsík recalls EEA "Late lessons from early warnings" reports. Health impacts are felt over several generations. Action is taking too long. @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu A full ban on PFAS now! #ForeverChemicals
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 19/02/2026
European citizens & the environment are still not protected from harmful chemicals 37 NGOs call on EU leaders to put protection first Harmful chemicals in homes, workplaces & products cause disease & cost billions Strong action & enforcement is urgently needed eeb.org/en/library/p...
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 11/02/2026
1/ Revealed: industry’s lobby blitz to undermine chemicals policy reform. See our brand new analysis of the #REACH chemicals regulation lobby battle in Brussels: corporateeurope.org/en/2026/02/r...
Title slide fore report saying "REACHing out: Industry’s 2025 lobby blitz to undermine chemicals policy reform"
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CHEM Trust @chemtrust.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
❄️With the #WinterOlympics2026 starting next week, we’ve put together some of the ways that winter sports can expose us and the environment to #HarmfulChemicals. ⛷️ Ski waxes, jackets, and snowsuits can all contain chemicals like #PFAS and #Bisphenols. More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/AKsy70Q
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 29/01/2026
A new report from the @ec.europa.eu, published today, confirms what we already knew: the societal costs of PFAS pollution are enormous! 💶The Commission estimates that inaction on PFAS could cost society up to €1.7 trillion by 2050. www.politico.eu/article/fore...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 29/01/2026
Europe is on track to pay at least €440 billion to deal with the pollution and health impacts from toxic PFAS chemicals by the middle of the century, according to a study released today by the European Commission.
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Forever chemicals to cost Europe half a trillion euros by 2050, EU says
Even more ambitious clean-up goals would see the price tag soar.
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Audrey Garric @audreygarric.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
C'est désormais une estimation officielle, d'une étude commanditée par la Commission européenne. Les PFAS pourraient fortement contaminer plus de 75 millions d’Européens et coûter jusqu’à 1 700 milliards d’euros à l’UE d'ici à 2050. Sauf s'ils étaient interdits... www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
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Les PFAS pourraient fortement contaminer plus de 75 millions d’Européens et coûter jusqu’à 1700 milliards d’euros à l’UE
Une étude commandée par la Commission européenne évalue le fardeau pour les sociétés européennes en fonction de l’évolution de la réglementation et de la diffusion des polluants éternels dans l’enviro...
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 16/12/2025
🚨 The EU Commission is tearing down pesticide safeguards that protect our health. Open-ended approvals. More time for toxic chemicals. Less science. More exposure - for farmers, families, all of us. This is not simplification. It’s dangerous. The European Parliament & Council must stop it. Now 📢
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CHEM Trust @chemtrust.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
PFAS #pollution is spiralling & the EU's main chemicals law, REACH, is failing to protect us. We need a chemicals law that delivers rapid action to protect #health & the environment so that crises like #PFAS can never happen again. Our blog sets out how the law can be strengthened 👉 buff.ly/8wg3nV2
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 11/12/2025
This is a busy week for the Commission's deregulatory chainsaw ... and for our Deregulation Watch. See our new post on the #EnvironmentOmnibus + earlier post on risk of a "Social Omnibus". Rules protect us, and they need defending! Stop #deregulation now! corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...
This cartoon shows two cliffs opposite each other with a long green tape (labelled regulation) suspended between them. On the tape are people and animals looking scared and hanging on tight, while a big pair of scissors looms above, about to cut the green tape. Below the image it says “Regulation protects the things we care about – we need to keep it that way”.Cartoon by @CartoonRalph
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 10/12/2025
Not just another environmental crisis “The world really has to wake up and do something about chemical pollution,” says Philip Landrigan, pediatrician and professor at Boston College We owe it to future generations: stricter regulation, safer alternatives, and full transparency #ChemicalPollution
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Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 10/11/2025
"If the directive passes close to its current watered-down form, the legal experts warn it faces a "high risk of annulment" before the EU’s top court." See EUobserver story below Check out Deregulation Watch for more news on the Commission's Omnibuses... corporateeurope.org/en/deregulat...
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Deregulation Watch | Corporate Europe Observatory
Check out our new posts on Deregulation Watch which helps civil society monitor new developments in the deregulation agenda, assess what’s at stake, and organise in defence of strong social, environme...
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 10/10/2025
🤒 EUROPE IS MISDIAGNOSED Blood tests found PFAS in every EU leader tested, proof that pollution runs through Europe’s veins. As calls grow for a full ban on “forever chemicals,” Brussels offers the wrong cure: weaker protections disguised as “simplification.”
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 07/10/2025
Very important findings. These results show that no one escapes #PFAS contamination & that a comprehensive ban is long overdue. It's time to stand up to the #ForeverChemicals industry lobby. Read more here: corporateeurope.org/en/chemical-... Take action today: action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...
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Chemical reaction | Corporate Europe Observatory
The proposal to restrict PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ is at serious risk of being hijacked by corporate lobbying, says a new CEO report. Find out more, including about the Forever Lobbying Project, a grou...
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POLITICO Europe @politico.eu · 07/10/2025
A group of 24 European politicians whose blood was tested for toxic PFAS chemicals over the summer all had the substances in their bodies, the NGOs involved in the testing revealed today.
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More than 20 EU politicians test positive for forever chemicals in their blood
The results highlight the wide reach of a group of chemicals linked to cancer, liver damage and fertility problems.
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 07/10/2025
The @eeb.org, together with DK and @chemsec.bsky.social has tested the blood for PFAS of 24 EU leaders from 19 countries 🩸More than half of the politicians tested have concerning levels of #PFAS their blood Read our press release to learn more about the findings eeb.org/eu-leaders-c...
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 01/10/2025
💥Our message is loud, clear, and rolling: STOP THE OMNIBUS. 🚍 We are making our tour around the EU institutions to make sure lawmakers can’t look away. We want clean air, safe water, and a future for all. Follow us 👉 handsoffnature.eu/the-campaign/ #HandsOffNature
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 08/07/2025
Nice Words, No Action: EU fails to tackle industry-led climate and pollution crisis. The EU's new Chemicals Industry Action Plan promises a cleaner, safer future - but where’s the action to match the ambition? @ec.europa.eu single-market-economy.ec.europa.eu/publications...
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Miguel Urban @miguelurban.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
🔴 Hoy me he personado ante la Audiencia Nacional como acusación particular en la causa contra la policía patriótica por el montaje que intentó vincularme falsamente con el narcotráfico. No fue un error, fue una operación política. No es un problema de cloacas sino de democracia
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 26/06/2025
PFAS : des cadres d’une usine de chimie condamnés en Italie pour pollution massive de l’eau potable
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PFAS : des cadres d’une usine de chimie condamnés en Italie pour pollution massive de l’eau potable
Des centaines de milliers de personnes ont été exposées pendant plus de quarante ans à une contamination de l’eau potable par les polluants éternels dans le nord-est de l’Italie.
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 25/06/2025
New EU State Aid rules for industries! ✅ The new framework brings welcome improvements, including stronger conditions for renewable hydrogen, efficiency, and clean tech ❌ But it still allows public money to fund fossil gas and risky technologies like CCS 📄 Full reaction: eeb.org/subsidies-ca...
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Tatiana Santos @toxic-freefuture.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
The EU Action Plan must modernise the sector, not bankroll more pollution. We need: ✅ Real innovation, not deregulation ✅ Clean, circular, safe chemistry ✅ Public funding with conditions ✅ A just transition, not another ArcelorMittal Let’s build a competitive future, not extend the fossil past
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 06/06/2025
Europe’s competitiveness and citizens would benefit from stronger chemicals rules: close the info gap, phase out harmful substances, and ensure proper enforcement. By Margot Wallström, former vice president @ec.europa.eu, Jytte Guteland and @matsengstrom.bsky.social www.politico.eu/article/prop...
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Proposed simplification of EU chemicals legislation masks deregulation
Undermining vital legislation will harm people, the environment and the economy — not to mention citizens’ confidence in the bloc.
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 25/03/2025
Takeaways - High-level Strategic Dialogue 🦖Chemical industry laggards calling for a return to the pre-REACH era 💡We stand strong: Regulation is a driver for innovation 🗣A must: more opportunities to dialogue on how to transition to safe and climate neutral chemicals & processes #ToxicFreeFuture
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 26/02/2025
🚨 𝗜𝘁'𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘄𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 🚨 The European Commission's Omnibus proposal is not simplification, but full-scale deregulation designed to dismantle corporate accountability. 🗞️ More in our PR 👉 eeb.org/omnibus-a-tr... #NotToOmnibus #CSDDD #HoldBizAccountable #EUGreenDeal
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 26/02/2025
Ursula von der Leyen’s commission has just signalled that it is shifting towards a Trump-influenced deregulatory agenda that prioritises market freedoms over public interest, writes former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, and Phil Bloomer.
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Von der Leyen's bonfire of regulations is an act of vandalism
Ursula von der Leyen’s commission has just signalled that it is shifting towards a Trump-influenced deregulatory agenda that prioritises market freedoms over public interest, writes former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, and Phil Bloomer.
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 26/02/2025
🚨 Today, the European Commission launched its Clean Industrial Deal, aiming for industrial decarbonisation. 😱 But... while the deal doesn't derail the Green Deal, it weakens its holistic approach. Competitiveness is used as a false pretext for unacceptable concessions to polluters.
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 26/02/2025
🫧A #CleanIndustrialDeal must be inclusive—with citizens, governments, and businesses 🏭Today, @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu meets with 300+ industry leaders, but civil society is excluded again 📣In response, we’re hosting a Counter Summit in Brussels to share our vision @caneurope.org @bblv.be @eeb.org
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 04/02/2025
🔊Many voices, one strong message: We want a toxic-free Europe, now! 💥People are exposed to high levels of dangerous chemicals in their bodies 🇪🇺 We demand EU leaders to tackle this public health problem #BanPFAS 📝Together we are stronger ✊ Sign our petition 🖊️ action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-01...
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 04/02/2025
🗣️🗯️🌍Affected communities have something to say #WorldCancerDay #BanPfas #ToxicFreeFuture
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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · 04/02/2025
📆Today, #WorldCancerDay🎗️ 💚A friendly reminder: Thriving health begins with a thriving environment Exposure to certain #PFAS increases cancer risk (among other diseases). These harmful chemicals are present in soil, water, food, and even in our bodies. It’s time to #BanPFAS for a #ToxicFreeFuture
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Those affected by pollution demand that Ursula von der Leyen 'ban PFAs now'
Communities and residents of polluted sites have been mobilizing across Europe in recent days in response to revelations by 'Le Monde and its partners concerning the cost of failing to take action aga...
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euobserver — EU news that matters @euobserver.com · 03/02/2025
Brussels green NGOs defended their track record in a special press call after weeks in which Europe's biggest political group has campaigned to restrict their funding.
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Environmental NGOs fire back at ‘slanderous’ attack by EPP on funding
Brussels green NGOs defended their track record in a special press call after weeks in which Europe's biggest political group has campaigned to restrict their funding.
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The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 30/01/2025
EU communities affected by PFAS pollution want to meet von der Leyen
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EU communities affected by PFAS pollution want to meet von der Leyen
The aim is to highlight the "devastating" health and environmental consequences of PFAS.
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Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) @corporateeurope.org · 30/01/2025
Last night, the Berlaymont building lit up with a message in white and yellow letters accompanied by a skull and crossbones: "Ban PFAS now!", check out the article by @rtbf.be . www.rtbf.be/article/arre...
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'Arrêtez de saboter notre avenir': les victimes des PFAS interpellent Ursula von der Leyen après l’enquête de 29 médias dont la RTBF
Ce 29 janvier vers 23h45, la façade métallique du bâtiment Berlaymont, rue de la Loi à Bruxelles, s’est illuminée...
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 30/01/2025
« Interdisez les PFAS maintenant », demandent des victimes de la pollution à Ursula von der Leyen
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« Interdisez les PFAS maintenant », demandent des victimes de la pollution à Ursula von der Leyen
Société civile et riverains de sites pollués se sont mobilisés ces derniers jours à travers l’Europe en réaction aux révélations du « Monde » et de ses partenaires sur le coût de l’inaction face aux « polluants éternels ».
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