Overview

• Greenpeace reported PFAS in all 17 seafood samples from the North and Baltic Seas, with plaice, herring and turbot exceeding EU limits and most samples containing mixtures of multiple compounds.
• The group warned frequent consumers could surpass EFSA’s tolerable weekly intake, and it urged broad testing, consumption advice and a comprehensive ban on PFAS in consumer products.
• Germany’s Federal Environment Agency confirmed its own fish tests found PFAS and called their persistence and accumulation a major concern as a cross‑country restriction dossier proceeds.
• A separate Danish‑led initiative found PFAS in the blood of 24 EU political leaders, with roughly half above concentrations linked to health risks.
• Policy responses include an EU curb on PFAS in firefighting foams, a planned Commission proposal for wider restrictions in 2026 facing industry pushback, and stricter German drinking‑water limits taking effect in 2026 with further tightening in 2028, as Berlin rejects a blanket ban in favor of targeted exemptions.