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Over the last several months, media reports on the next set of emerging contaminants, per- and polyfluoroalkyl PFAS/PFOA have exploded.

The production and use of chemicals in Europe has been regulated since the late 1960s, but for most of the life of the European Union, there has been no central register recording the creation and/or importation of chemicals. In 1981, new legislation introduced a notification procedure requiring the provision of safety data.