Ski wax with chemicals has been found to pollute the remote mountain slopes.
The French Parliament on Thursday voted in the Alpine nation to limit the production and sale of some items including “Forever Chemicals” including cosmetics, most of the clothes and ski wax.
The lower-house National Assembly carried forward 51 votes by Greens 231 votes, the upper-house Senate gave it a green light last year.
President Emmanuel Macron still needs to sign it in the law.
Per- and polyphluorocill substances (PFA) are man-made chemicals that are used since the late 1940s, which produce large-scale non-sticks, waterproof and stain-resistant remedies, which from the fringing pan To the umbrellas, carpets, dental floss and ski wax everything coats everything.
Because PFAS takes a long time to break – earning them “forever” – they have run into soil and groundwater, and from there have run into food chain and drinking water.
These chemicals have been detected everywhere on Earth, from the top of Mount Everest to human blood and inside the brain.
Chronic exposure for low levels of chemicals has been added to liver damage, high cholesterol, low immune response, less congenital and many types of cancer.
The French bill aims to prevent production, imports or sales of any product from January 2026, for which an option of PFAS already exists.
Graphic showing properties and some products use of a group of synthetic chemicals, and polyphloralocill substances (PFA), also known as “chemicals” forever that contaminates food and drinking water, Which leads to serious risk to human health.
These include cosmetics and ski wax, as well as fabrics with chemicals, except for some “essential” industrial textiles.
The ban on non-stick sauce paps was originally included in the draft law, but the French manufacturer Tafle’s owner was removed after acute lobbying.
It will also test drinking water regularly for all types of PFA to French authorities.
There are thousands of different PFAs.
From next year, under the rules of the new European Union, member states will have to test their water for 20 types.
But French law may allow to check further types in water if necessary.
In January, a study found that a type of “Chemical”, a type of “chemical” associated with health problems and birth defects, has been found in many French cities and town tap water.
A 2023 study of ice and earthen samples in Austria found that to fall below the slope of PFA using skir wax using skir wax, contaminating the runways and soil in remote areas.
PFAS has participated in soil and ground water, and from there in food chain and drinking water.
However, it said that very small amounts can be deposited from the environment.
The European Union is studying a possible restriction on the use of PFA in consumer products, but has not yet applied such regulation.
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