With a recent call to the UK Government urging more stringent regulation of per- and polyflouralkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water, the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) has joined the global force of non-governmental organizations and expert groups calling for action against the “forever chemicals.”
PFAS, of which there are more than 4,700 types, are becoming an issue of increasing concern as evidence of their indefinite persistence and pervasiveness in the environment and human body, as well as their associated heath harms, begin to mount.