🛑 In response to PFAS contamination in 13 communes in the Ardennes, the prefecture announced on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, a ban on the spreading of sludge within the affected area to prevent any additional input of PFAS into soils and drinking-water catchments during the investigation phase.
🇪🇺 On September 23, 2025, the Council of the European Union and the European Parliament reached a provisional agreement to “update environmental quality standards for a number of pollutants and add new ones, aligning the EU’s water policy with the latest scientific evidence”.
📌 The burden of an industrial legacy On September 18, 2025, the public agency Brussels Environment presented to the Commune of Uccle – Gemeente Ukkel the very first analysis results around the former Sicli site 🧯.
A new investigation reveals alarmingly high concentrations of PFAS (“forever chemicals”) in groundwater and surface waters at 17 airports across England.
The French government has released a massive database on PFAS contamination in water, with over 2.3 million analyses covering drinking water, groundwater, surface water, and industrial water — all available in open data.
A recent study published in Environmental Health Perspectives suggests this unsettling possibility. Researchers followed 200 infants in New York State, led by Kristin Scheible (University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry), focusing on prenatal exposure 🤰 to PFAS — fluorinated compounds known as “forever pollutants” because of their persistence in the environment and the human body.
Multiple studies and publications confirm it. At CASC4DE, we regularly share this data and illustrate this reality with concrete examples (link):
A recent investigation by the Belgian media outlet Apache has revealed that three out of four bottled waters tested in Belgium contain TFA (trifluoroacetic acid)—a persistent and highly soluble PFAS compound.
A recent study conducted by researchers at the University of Notre Dame and the O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs has revealed the widespread presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in reusable intimate hygiene products—raising new alarms for both consumer safety and environmental protection.
An unprecedented case of water pollution has been detected in 17 rural municipalities across the Ardennes and Meuse departments in northeastern France.
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