{"id":139,"date":"2025-01-16T18:26:35","date_gmt":"2025-01-16T17:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reintegrationeconomy.org\/en\/?post_type=iniziative&#038;p=139"},"modified":"2025-05-15T17:34:27","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T15:34:27","slug":"toxic-free-europe-now","status":"publish","type":"iniziative","link":"https:\/\/www.reintegrationeconomy.org\/en\/iniziative\/toxic-free-europe-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Toxic-free Europe now!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ewa-rteLine\">\n<p><strong>To the European Commission; European Parliament; EU Heads of State<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">We call on you to commit to a toxic free Europe and make taking action against toxic chemicals in our nature, air, water and bodies an urgent priority.\u00a0 <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\">\u00a0Fully implement the European Union\u2019s promises on its Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability to ensure a toxic free Europe by 2030.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">\u00a0A special focus must be to fix the outdated chemicals control law, REACH, to ensure the fast track banning of the most harmful chemicals in consumer products.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Fully implement the European Union\u2019s action plan to phase out PFAS, including support and facilitate the universal ban of PFAS as well as banning PFAS in sectoral legislations such as toys, cosmetics, packaging and food contact materials.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"\" data-listid=\"2\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\u25cf&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;multilevel&quot;}\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Aid communities affected by forever chemical pollution and ensure thorough monitoring, remediation, ground sanitation, health and other plans in response to their needs. Make polluting PFAS manufacturers and related companies accountable for these.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Why is this important?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nothing lasts forever, except for toxic man-made PFAS chemicals. Everyday we come into contact with these \u2018forever chemicals\u2019 as they\u2019re found in a variety of products, from food packaging to frying pans and raincoats.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Not surprisingly, <strong>people all across Europe already have high levels of these dangerous chemicals in their bodies which can cause severe health issues such as cancer, infertility and birth defects<\/strong><\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>But big companies like 3M, Dupont and Bayer-Monsanto don\u2019t care. They keep using them and have lied to us for decades about their impact on our water, air and our bodies.<\/p>\n<p>These and other companies hid research on the dangers for 50 years, <strong>even from their own factory workers! Now that journalists have uncovered the truth, these companies are spending 20 million euro a year to lobby our European representatives to continue with these \u2018forever\u2019 chemicals.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s more they\u2019re getting away with it. <strong>There was already a plan to fix the outdated, inefficient and slow chemicals control law and get rid of these and other harmful chemicals in Europe<\/strong>, but it\u2019s lying in a drawer gathering dust! We need European leaders to put this plan into action.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":144,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","tipo-contenuto":[20],"ambiti":[11],"class_list":["post-139","iniziative","type-iniziative","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tipo-contenuto-iniziativa","ambiti-impact-of-human-activities-on-biodiversity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reintegrationeconomy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/iniziative\/139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reintegrationeconomy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/iniziative"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reintegrationeconomy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/iniziative"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reintegrationeconomy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reintegrationeconomy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tipo-contenuto","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reintegrationeconomy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tipo-contenuto?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"ambiti","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reintegrationeconomy.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ambiti?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}