Overview
- Anses released two reports that compile nearly two million measurements on 142 PFAS and set a scored surveillance strategy covering 247 substances.
- The agency recommends adding five chemicals, including trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), to France’s list of 20 PFAS slated for tap-water monitoring starting 1 January 2026.
- Food controls would expand beyond the four PFAS currently regulated in the EU to more than twenty compounds and to products such as cereals, fruits and vegetables, honey, sugar and infant foods.
- Major gaps persist in monitoring air, soil, dust and workplace exposure, leading Anses to call for permanent, exploratory and localized surveillance based on each compound’s profile.
- Anses urges reduced PFAS production and backs the EU restriction under review by ECHA, with researchers and an NGO warning that industry pressure could weaken its scope, while French blood levels are reported as comparable to neighbors and on average below current health thresholds.