Members of Parliament have definitively adopted a bill aimed at protecting the public from the risks associated with persistent pollutants. It prohibits their use in three categories of products and establishes a levy on industrial discharges into water based on the "polluter pays" principle.

100 billion euros per year. That's the staggering bill Europeans will have to pay to eliminate PFAS from their environment.

The bill banning PFAS, introduced by the Greens, was adopted on February 20th. A success, considering the issue was still largely unknown to the general public until recently.

Before a demonstration that brought together 1,800 to 3,500 firefighters in the streets of Paris on Thursday, May 16, some of them submitted to a test on their hair to demonstrate their acute exposure to "eternal pollutants".

The elected official from Haute-Garonne refers to the hair tests carried out in Toulouse on February 1st during the Tour de France #STOPPFAS campaign by Nicolas Thierry, Green Party MP for Gironde. They all reveal the presence of persistent pollutants in the samples taken.

Ten residents of the constituency gave their hair to a laboratory to find out if they too are contaminated with PFAS.

Is the breast milk of pregnant women in the Lyon suburbs contaminated by perfluorinated compounds? Is the drinking water supply also affected? An investigation into a ubiquitous chemical component that is worrying the authorities.

In a confidential email revealed by the satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné, the director of the Occitanie Regional Health Agency (ARS) expressed alarm at the massive presence of persistent pollutants in the region's tap water and urged people not to drink it.

In a report submitted to the Prime Minister on Wednesday, February 7, Cyrille Isaac-Sibille, MoDem deputy for the Rhône, makes proposals to tackle PFAS pollution, "a worrying public health issue".

Dutch authorities have sent a letter to the Oise prefecture to "exchange information" regarding the issue of PFAS, "perennial pollutants," emitted by the Chemours company, which has facilities in both South Holland and Villers-Saint-Paul in the Oise department. The prefecture sees nothing alarming in this letter.

Some so-called “eternal” pollutants are virtually indestructible, man-made chemicals that travel as far as the poles. In everyday life, they are very common due to their hydrophobic and oleophobic properties. What do we know about their impact on the environment and health?

Une étude menée par l’Université d’État de Caroline du Nord a révélé que les alligators de la rivière Cape Fear présentaient des niveaux élevés de 14 produits chimiques per- et polyfluoroalkyles (PFAS) différents dans leur sérum sanguin, ainsi que des indicateurs génétiques et cliniques de perturbation du système immunitaire.

Les habitants des communes du Condroz qui ont bu de l'eau contaminée aux PFAS vont pouvoir passer des prises de sang. C'est la proposition de la ministre de l'environnement, Céline Tellier. Ll'ISSeP, l'Institut Scientifique de Service Public, aura pour mission d'organiser cette campagne de tests.

Issue d’un travail inédit d’agrégation de données, cette carte permet de visualiser pour la première fois l’ampleur de la contamination de l’Europe par ces substances toxiques et persistantes.

Le député girondin Nicolas Thierry était en Dordogne, lundi 18 septembre, pour alerter sur les dangers que représentent les polluants éternels. Une quinzaine de personnes du Périgord noir ont été testées.

Comment rendre les emballages en carton des burgers et des frites résistants à la graisse ? En utilisant des PFAS, ces substances perfluorées dont la toxicité est désormais largement dénoncée. Ils seraient omniprésents dans les emballages de fast-food utilisés en France, selon une nouvelle étude publiée le 4 août 2023 et menée par des chercheurs espagnols et Jacob de Boer, spécialiste néerlandais du sujet.

Jugées comme une alternative à la consommation excessive de plastique, les pailles d’origine végétale constituent une source supplémentaire de polluants éternels, d’après une récente étude. Mais cette dernière pointe une autre solution qui semble saine.

Nicolas Thierry, député EELV de Gironde, a prélevé des cheveux de 13 collègues députés écologistes afin de mesurer la présence de polluants éternels. Il en analyse les résultats pour « 20 Minutes »

Green Party MPs decided to test themselves by sending a lock of their hair to a laboratory, and the results are more than alarming: all show traces, sometimes massive, of PFAS, toxic substances used in industry, nicknamed "eternal pollutants".

Members of the Green Party had their hair tested for the presence of toxic substances. The results support a bill proposed by one of them against their use.

Following the Socialist senators, the Green MPs had their hair analyzed to detect the presence of "eternal pollutants", PFAS, chemical substances which they are demanding be banned.

Not only do per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (Pfas) degrade ecosystems and human health, but they also spread a second poison: that of impunity, points out Green Party MP Nicolas Thierry.

Not only do per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (Pfas) degrade ecosystems and human health, but they also spread a second poison: that of impunity, points out Green Party MP Nicolas Thierry.

Members of Parliament overwhelmingly approved on Thursday, February 20, a bill put forward by the Greens that notably bans the manufacture and sale of certain products containing PFAS. This is the first time France has enacted a law to protect the population from these chemical molecules.

The Green Party MP from Gironde fought for more than two years to get his bill against perennial pollutants passed.

Members of Parliament are examining on Thursday, February 20, in second reading, the bill proposed by the Ecologist and Social group aimed at "protecting the population" against "perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances", better known as PFAS, with a view to the final adoption of the text.

They're called PFAS, pollutants known for being virtually indestructible and hidden in many everyday objects. Lauren Boudard, co-founder of Climax, explains what they are.

PFAS, the poison of the century, are widespread, and Alsace is no exception. The acronym stands for perfluorinated pollutants, persistent, non-biodegradable molecules harmful to human health. Where do these new pollutants come from, and how can we combat them?

Yann Marguet, on the show Quotidien.

Approximately 12% of the active substances in synthetic pesticides authorized in the European Union belong to the PFAS family, warns a report by the association Générations futures and the Pesticide Action Network Europe published on Thursday.

According to revelations by Le Canard enchaîné, the director of the ARS Occitanie reveals the presence of persistent pollutants in tap water.

Cyrille Isaac-Sybille, Member of Parliament for the 12th constituency of the Rhône, has submitted a report to the National Assembly concerning PFAS (polypropylene fatty acids). He highlights the lack of sufficient tools to assess and prevent health risks and insists on the need for regulation of their production.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has rejected the appeal brought by the manufacturer of PFAS against the inclusion of its product GenX on the list of "substances of very high concern".

Two of the most widespread per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), PFOA and PFOS, have been classified as "carcinogenic to humans" and "possibly carcinogenic" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

A Lyon, Anis Tlili porte le projet Give me Five à l'université Lyon 1 et vient de recevoir un financement européen de 2 millions d'euros pour le concrétiser.

Le chercheur veut ainsi "développer une alternative à une catégorie des PFAS" car "20% des produits pharmaceutiques et agro-chimiques contiennent au moins un produit à motif fluoré".

Malgré des taux élevés de substances per- et polyfluoroalkylées (PFAS) détectés dans l’eau dès 2017, les autorités n’ont ni agi ni informé les habitants de cette ville de Haute-Savoie.

L’amendement déposé par le député écologiste bordelais a été retenu. Dix millions d’euros vont être consacrés à la prévention des risques liés aux polluants éternels.

La justice a rejeté le référé environnemental déposé par plusieurs associations et particuliers contre le groupe chimique Arkema, pour obtenir des études sanitaires dans le dossier des « polluants éternels » dits « PFAS », selon la décision communiquée lundi. 

Quelque 2.400 riverains d'une usine du chimiste américain Chemours (ex-DuPont) à Dordrecht, au sud des Pays-Bas, ont porté plainte lundi contre l'entreprise pour la contamination de l'environnement avec des "polluants éternels" néfastes pour la santé.

Après la découverte de nombreuses substances toxiques dans les tampons et les serviettes hygiéniques, un procès a mis au jour la présence de produits nocifs dans les culottes menstruelles de la marque américaine Thinx. Au grand désespoir des personnes qui ont leurs règles, et ne savent plus à quel type de protections se fier, relate la presse étrangère.

Green Party MP Nicolas Thierry is presenting on Wednesday, June 28, the results of a hair test, which "Libé" attended, intended to prove the omnipresence of perfluorinated compounds in our environment and to raise awareness of their danger.

PFAS, nicknamed "forever pollutants," are chemical molecules used particularly in packaging. Green Party members of parliament had their hair analyzed, and the results showed that it was all contaminated with PFAS. In France, thousands of sites use or produce them.

PFAS, chemicals dubbed "perennial pollutants," are everywhere in the environment. They are present in rivers, tap water, our food, and even in the hair of members of parliament. Green Party MP Nicolas Thierry is scheduled to present to the press on Wednesday the results of an analysis of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances found in the hair of 14 MPs.

Parliamentarians are raising the alarm about the dangers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) after analyses revealed the presence of these toxic substances in their hair.

"For too long, indifference and impunity have allowed lobbies to impose their will. It is now up to the people, through their elected representatives, to take matters into their own hands."

A law banning PFAS, the perennial pollutants, was definitively adopted by parliamentarians on Thursday, February 20. It will now be illegal to manufacture, import, and sell clothing and cosmetics containing them.

PFAS, whose health risks are a cause for concern, are for example present in makeup products.

Two of the most widespread per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), PFOA and PFOS, have been classified as "carcinogenic to humans" and "possibly carcinogenic" by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

To denounce the "polluters pay" principle, environmental activists symbolically demonstrated this Monday, December 4, in front of the Arkema site in Pierre-Bénite, near Lyon, against the release of perennial pollutants (PFAS) into the environment.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer has just announced that it has classified several molecules in the PFAS family as carcinogenic, including PFOA, while PFOS has joined the list of "possibly carcinogenic" agents.

The Ile-de-France regional health agency maintains its recommendation not to consume eggs from domestic chicken coops after the confirmation of high levels of contamination.

PFAS, suspected of causing numerous health problems, are present in all environments. An internal memo from the Occitanie Regional Health Agency (ARS) is causing concern. It reportedly suggests that bottled water should be preferred.

The manufacture of strings for harps, guitars, and ukuleles produces persistent pollutants. While some musicians are concerned about their health, sellers are trying to reassure them and are advocating for an exemption from all regulations.

New analyses reveal spectacular levels of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in the waterways around a Solvay group PFAS production plant in the Gard region, as well as in drinking water.

This perfluorinated molecule, used for years in the manufacture of coatings for non-stick pans, has just been declared a proven carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), based in Lyon.

In eggs from the Île-de-France region, at the bottom of saucepans, on zippers, in the soil, in the water: these persistent pollutants, nearly 12,000 chemical substances, are everywhere. How can we force polluters, with the chemical industry at the forefront, to stop using them?

Plusieurs associations ont fait appel de la décision de justice concernant la pollution au Pfas engendrée par l'usine Arkema de Pierre-Bénite. 

Issue d’un travail inédit d’agrégation de données, cette carte permet de visualiser pour la première fois l’ampleur de la contamination de l’Europe par ces substances toxiques et persistantes.

La ministre wallonne de l’environnement, Céline Tellier, aurait été avertie de la présence massive de « polluants éternels » dans l’eau consommée par des milliers d’habitants.

Diffusés en 2022 sur France 5 et France 2, un documentaire et un reportage alertaient sur la pollution de l’agglomération lyonnaise aux perfluorés, des “polluants éternels”. La justice vient de s’en saisir. Explications.

Vous reprendrez bien un peu de polluants éternels avec votre boisson ? Selon une étude publiée le 24 août dans la revue scientifique Food Additives & Contaminants, les pailles en papier, devenues courantes depuis l’interdiction en 2021 des pailles en plastique à usage unique dans la restauration et les commerces, contiennent des (PFAS), des substances ultratoxiques pour les humains et l’environnement.

L’élu girondin et 13 autres parlementaires EELV se sont soumis à une analyse capillaire, qui a révélé la présence de « polluants éternels » chez 100 % d’entre eux. Ils proposent une loi bannissant ces substances cancérogènes

A report paints a worrying picture of the presence of PFAS, or perennial pollutants, in the environment. Nicolas Thierry, a Green Party MP, denounces the lack of action by public authorities.

Fourteen Green Party (EELV) members of parliament have announced that they are contaminated by so-called "perennial" pollutants. But what are they? Are these pollutants dangerous to health? We asked Pierre Labadie, an environmental chemistry researcher at the CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research).

On Wednesday, EELV MP Nicolas Thierry, who initiated the action, denounced the "health scandal" of these components "which do not degrade, or degrade very slowly, in the environment" during a press briefing.

Even if you're an environmentalist, you can't escape the eternal pollutants. These poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were found in the hair of fourteen members of the Europe Ecology-The Greens (EELV) party, representing all the elected officials who participated in the experiment initiated by Nicolas Thierry, a member of parliament from the Gironde region who is very committed to this issue of perfluorinated compounds.

Nicolas Thierry is asking the Minister for Ecological Transition to publish a "potentially extremely sensitive" report.