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“A national ban on the import and sale of clothes, shoes and impregnation agents with PFAS is an important step on the way to limiting emissions and will have a real environmental effect in Denmark,” Environment Minister Magnus Heunicke said in a statement. “Furthermore, we are sending a strong signal to the rest of the world that we must phase out these substances where possible.”
The nationwide ban is expected to go into effect on July 1 of next year. However, the government will give businesses one year to transition to PFAS-free alternatives before the executive order is implemented.
Denmark, Germany, Norway, Sweden and the Netherlands introduced a proposal last year that would ban PFAS across the entirety of the European Union.
Source link : https://www.scrippsnews.com/world/europe/denmark-to-ban-clothing-and-shoes-containing-toxic-forever-chemicals
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