PFAS chemicals represent a human rights threat, UN told
By 
Rebecca Trager2026-09-22T13:40:00
The UN’s current and former toxics advisers are urging an immediate ban on all non-essential uses of these chemicals
The UN’s new special rapporteur on toxics and human rights has classified per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a systemic threat to ‘many, if not all, human rights’, and is officially urging an immediate international phase out and ban on all non-essential uses.