Article 6THW7 Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe

Cost to clean up toxic PFAS pollution could top £1.6tn in UK and Europe

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Leana Hosea and Rachel Salvidge
from World news | The Guardian on (#6THW7)

Exclusive: Costs of UK cleanup will reach 9.9bn a year in UK if emissions of forever chemicals' remain uncontrolled

The cost of cleaning up toxic forever chemical pollution could reach more than 1.6tn across the UK and Europe over a 20-year period, an annual bill of 84bn, research has found.

The number of British pollution hotspots is also on the rise. If emissions remain unrestricted and uncontrolled, the costs of cleanup will reach 9.9bn a year in the UK, according to the findings of a year-long investigation by the Forever Lobbying Project, a cross-border investigation involving 46 journalists and 18 experts across 16 countries.

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