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

 
• By Ryan Nelson

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.

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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...

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