Current studies of Austrian and European water samples showed high levels of the eternal chemical TFA (trifluoroacetate), which enters the environment via PFAS pesticides, in almost all samples. The Values were many times higher than the EU-wide legal drinking water limit for pesticide metabolites with unacceptable toxicological properties.
After studies recently showed that TFA is one such pesticide metabolite “with unacceptable toxicological properties”, the environmental protection organization GLOBAL commissioned a legal opinion in 2000 to clarify whether the EU member states – and thus also Austria – should act in the light of the new findings To protect drinking water and human health, those pesticides that release TFA into the environment and groundwater can, or may even have to, be banned. We will present the legal analysis at the press conference and take a look at the next necessary steps in politics and agricultural production.
Your conversation partners:
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter HilpoldUniversity of Innsbruck, Faculty of Law (author of the legal opinion)
- Dr. Helmut Burtscher-SchadenGLOBAL 2000, environmental chemist
Details about the online press conference:
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Press conference: GLOBAL 2000 presents legal opinion on bans on PFAS pesticides
Interlocutor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Peter Hilpold, University of Innsbruck, Institute for European Law and International Law (author of the legal opinion) and Dr. Helmut Burtscher-Schaden, GLOBAL 2000, environmental chemist Via Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85453902201?pwd=pDovHVivRRmRjxJ1RYs4058KfaDdDF.1 Meeting ID: 854 5390 2201, passcode: 720279
Datum: September 19, 2024, 9:00 a.m
Art: Pressetermine
Ort: Zoom
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