The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs has published a policy paper setting out the government's new approach to the UK REACH candidate list of substances of very high concern (SVHCs).

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee will hear evidence on Wednesday 4 February from the Minister for Water, and environmental and health and safety regulators, in the final session of its inquiry into addressing the risks from Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

A new Private Members Bill calling for legally binding limits on PFAS in drinking water and stronger restrictions overall has been introduced to Parliament by Liberal Democrat MP Munira Wilson.

The Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) is calling on the Government to cut PFAS concentration levels in drinking water tenfold to safeguard public health.as research highlights serious health risks posed by the ‘forever chemicals.’

Greener UK - a coalition of the country’s leading green groups - has today concluded that environmental protections in areas such as nature restoration and chemicals are either no stronger or weaker than they were pre-Brexit.

Philip Dunne, Chairman of the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC), has written to the Secretary of State for the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) emphasising the Committee’s concerns about industry’s ability to prepare for the proposed transition to UK REACH.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee is holding the first oral evidence session in its current inquiry into the use of toxic chemicals in everyday products.

The preventative water screening FOR-IDENT project funded by the German Government is being further expanded internationally in order to establish a worldwide strategy for preventative water sample analysis which will be freely available to access worldwide.