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NGOs express concerns surrounding EU actions on the evaluation of PFOA

HEAL joins the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) and other environment and health NGOs in expressing concerns to the European Commission over the involvement of an industry consultant in recommendations to create exemptions for the cancer linked chemical PFOA.

The full letter can be read online here.

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