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Issued on: 02/05/2025 - 14:33
12:36 min
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PFAS, better known as "forever chemicals", are ultra-resistant to water and heat – so much so that they are virtually indestructible in nature. These chemicals are everywhere in our daily lives – in clothes, cosmetics and kitchen utensils – and are poisoning us. FRANCE 24's reporters Cécile Khindria and Juliette Lacharnay went to meet the citizens who are taking on the industrial giants behind PFAS.
The environmental and health scandal of "forever chemicals" first broke out in the United States in the 2000s. With awareness gradually growing in Europe, lawsuits against manufacturers are now multiplying: not only to force them to limit and control the pollution, but also to obtain compensation for the health and environmental damage caused.
Our reporters Cécile Khindria and Juliette Lacharnay travelled to France and Italy to meet victims and better understand the impact of this invisible pollution.
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