Campaigners have accused the European Food Safety Authority of “systematically” siding with big business and overlooking inconvenient research findings when recommending the authorisation of pesticides for use in the EU.

The European Commission last year proposed banning ‘non-essential’ uses of ‘forever chemicals’ PFAS, a class of substances found everywhere from takeaway food packaging to electronics. Claudia Delpero examines how future restrictions may work.

A class of highly persistent ‘forever chemicals’ that the European Commission has vowed to restrict is still needed to help the EU achieve its green transition, an industry representative argued during a Green Week event.

Reforms to the EU’s most fundamental controls on chemicals are needed to secure full compliance with their aims, according to a report from the European Chemicals Agency.

Alternatives to single-use plastic tableware are increasingly widely used in the EU, but a new study has shown they can contain worrying levels of hazardous chemicals.