Dutch drinking water firms have written to German environment minister Steffi Lemke urging her to “set boundaries” for the discharge of toxic PFAS chemicals into the river Rhine. “Dutch citizens and companies will need more clean drinking water in the coming years, but producing it is becoming increasingly expensive due to industrial dumping in Germany.” the drinking water company association …
At least 30 Belgian companies are still legally allowed to pump chemical waste, including PFAS, into the Westerschelde estuary which separates the Netherlands from Flanders, local broadcaster Omroep Zeeland said on Monday. The Dutch government said two weeks ago that it is sharpening up the rules for dumping PFAS following a report from public health institute RIVM. An analysis by …
