Urgent need for regulation of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in surface and groundwater

Dear Presidency, dear Permanent Representatives to the EU,

PAN Europe is writing to you ahead of the interinstitutional technical meeting on 15 September 2025, to urge the incorporation of trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) into the “sum of 24 PFAS” Environmental Quality Standards (EQS) for surface water and groundwater, as explicitly recommended by the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER).

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