Environmentalists decry ‘crushingly disappointing’ Pfas action plan for UK

Ministers' proposals to tackle forever chemicals' fail to match tougher stance taken in Europe, say experts

Environmental campaigners have criticised a crushingly disappointing" UK government plan to tackle forever chemicals", which they warn risks locking in decades of avoidable harm to people and the environment.

The government said its Pfas action plan set out a clear framework" of coordinated action ... to understand where these chemicals are coming from, how they spread and how to reduce public and environmental exposure".