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US lawmakers push to exclude lucrative chemicals from official PFAS definition

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73% Informative

US lawmakers and the military are pushing for a new definition of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” that would exclude a subclass of toxic compounds.

F-gases are among the most lucrative PFAS for industry, and are considered to be potent greenhouse gases.

The Senate armed services committee asked the military to detail how it uses fluorinated gases.

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