Overview

• The Corte d’assise of Vicenza convicted 11 former Miteni executives to a combined 141 years in prison for tainting the aquifer that supplies 350,000 residents
• Legislative Decree 260, approved in March, limits the sum of four key PFAS in drinking water to 20 ng/L and mandates monitoring of additional compounds including TFA
• Analyses of 16 firefighters from six Italian cities detected PFAS in their blood and in both used and unused protective gear, raising concerns over occupational exposure
• A Vicenza labor court last month linked former Miteni worker Pasqualino Zenere’s 2014 death to PFAS exposure and ordered compensation to his heirs
• Separate proceedings against Syensqo (formerly Solvay) for alleged PFAS releases in Alessandria remain open, with the next preliminary hearing set for March 2026