Urgent call to regulate TFA pollution in surface water and groundwater under the Water Framework Directive (WFD)

Dear Chair of the Environment Council,  

Dear Ministers for Environment, 

Dear Rapporteur, 

We, the 30 undersigned organisations committed to protecting human health and the environment from pollution, call upon you to take responsibility for protecting Europe’s citizens and water resources from the growing threat of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA). This highly mobile, persistent and toxic ‘forever chemical’ has become a widespread pollutant.

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