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EU’s Historic PFAS Restriction Looms Over Life Sciences Industries

 
• By Ryan Nelson

The European Chemicals Agency’s committees for Risk Assessment (RAC) and Socio-Economic Analysis (SEAC) are evaluating sector by sector the proposed REACH restriction on PFAS and more than 5,600 public comments, reaching provisional conclusions on cosmetics at their June meetings. A date has not been set to consider PFAS uses in medical devices, which are numerous, essential, and in many cases devoid of alternatives, industry says.

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[Editor’s note: This article appeared first in HBW Insight’s sister publication, Medtech Insight.]

The European Union’s proposed restriction on per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) could eliminate medical devices required for minimally invasive surgeries, among many others, to the

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