In recent years, an alarming
trend has been popping up across Europe — alarming levels of toxic
chemicals have been found in the water
that people drink, bathe in, and give to their
children. The chemicals are PFAS — also known as
'forever chemicals' because they never
break down. Once they're in your body, they stay
there…forever.
In one town in
Sweden, even young children have dangerous levels of
PFAS in their blood. Another town in France has had
to ban tap water altogether.
PFAS are linked to cancer,
infertility, immune dysfunction, and more. And
while there is an effort to phase out the PFAS-riddled
firefighting foam at the center of the crises in France
and Sweden, these chemicals are everywhere.
From non-stick pans to waterproof jackets to food
wrappers and electronics. They're also polluting
ecosystems and having tragic effects on wildlife
across the globe.
That's why we're
demanding that the United Nations add PFAS to the
Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants
(POPs), which is the global treaty that regulates and
even bans dangerous chemicals.
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contamination crisis before more people and animals are
harmed!
