Urgent request to include Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA) as a priority substance under the Water Framework Directive (WD)

Dear Deputy Permanent Representatives, 

We, the undersigned coalition of NGOs from the Pesticide Action Network Europe (PAN Europe), are writing to draw your attention to the concerning findings from our survey on water contamination by trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) across ten EU countries. Our report, published on May 27, 2024, highlights alarming levels of TFA, a highly persistent and widely unregulated ‘forever chemical’, in both surface and groundwater samples.