French ban on 'forever chemicals' in cosmetics, clothing to enter force

https://phys.org/news/2025-12-french-chemicals-cosmetics.html

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avidamoeba@lemmy.ca · 24 pts · 220d

The French law, approved by lawmakers in February, bans the production, import or sale from January 2026 of any product for which an alternative to PFAS already exists.

I see a loophole. Hopefully it's difficult to exploit. There are uses for which there are no PFAS alternatives. Also I hope they banned them as a class and not a list of specific substances.

paraphrand@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 220d

Hell yeah.

Moneyball@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 220d

Makes sense! Well done