All news on the topic: PFAS

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Big Tech lobbyists pushed EU to hide data centre water use
Lobbyists for Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Meta have succeeded in getting the European Commission to keep data on data center water consumption secret, European investigative journalists have found.
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Europe faces rising landfill pollution risks as climate change accelerates erosion
The findings come from the first continent-wide mapping of landfills, conducted by the Guardian, Watershed Investigations, and Investigate Europe.
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Scientists claim UK is lagging behind the EU in combating ’forever chemicals’
Experts criticise Defra’s decision not to use OECD definition of PFAS, with one asking if move is ‘politically based’
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UK farmland contaminated by ’forever chemicals’ linked to cancers
Levels of PFAS chemicals found in sludge destined for British land would not be considered safe for allotments
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Cleaning up toxic PFAS pollution in the UK and Europe could cost over £1.6 trillion
Costs of UK cleanup will reach £9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of ‘forever chemicals’ remain uncontrolled.
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Yorkshire town may file the first legal case in the UK over ’forever chemicals’
Residents claim contamination from Angus Fire factory has left them trapped and unable to sell their homes