PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl chemicals, a family of robust chemicals used across a wide number of industries, including pulp and paper, present significant health threats and are the subject of new regulatory controls. PFAS include more than 4,500 different compounds present in numerous industrial and commercial goods. In this article, Jeffrey Lewis, ECT2’s Europe General Manager, highlights some of the contamination trends in Europe, the impact, measures that are being taken to control the contamination, and how ECT2 can help.
Authors:
Jeffrey Lewis
Pulp Paper & Logistics, Volume 15, No. 85 – July/August 2024, page 10-12
