ECHA Committees Get Started On PFAS Opinions, Armed With More Than 5,600 Comments

28 Sep 2023

The agency’s committees for Risk Assessment and Socio-Economic Analysis will check comments and take relevant evidence-based information into consideration as they develop their opinions. Final opinions will be delivered to the European Commission “in the shortest possible timeframe,” ECHA says.

The European Chemicals Agency’s scientific committees for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) have more than 5,600 comments to review from over 4,400 organizations, companies and individuals on the proposed restriction on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Released in February after it was submitted by authorities from Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, the proposal defines...