Denmark becomes first nation to outlaw fluorinated chemicals in food packaging
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Rebecca Trager2019-09-10T09:30:00
Danish government acts on controversial chemicals saying it can no longer wait for the EU
Denmark will become the first country to ban controversial poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from food packaging in 2020, the country’s food minister Mogens Jensen recently announced. PFAS refers to a family of highly-fluorinated chemicals, the most well-known of which have been shown to be toxic and highly persistent in the human body and environment.