Workshop on PFAS enforcement in the Nordic Countries. 3 September 2024, World Trade Center, Stockholm
08.30 – 09.00 Morning coffee with sandwiches
09.00 – 09.10 Welcome and practical issues
09.10 – 11.00 Theme 1: Analyses
Food Contact Material: An enforcement project – results and challenges, Swedish Chemicals Agency (Anders Appelblom)
PFOA in Outdoor Textiles: An enforcement project – results and challenges, Norwegian Environment Agency (Ingvild Kvien)
How a systematic three-step workflow can be used for compliance testing in the implementation of current and coming PFAS restrictions (see article
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.4c06570), Swedish Chemicals Agency (Robin Vestergren)
Evaluation of analytical methods within the framework of PARC (Partnership for the Assessment of Risks from Chemicals), Swedish Chemicals Agency/RISE (Robin Vestergren, Lisa Skedung)
Discussion
11.00 – 11.30 Theme 2: National regulation and its implementation
A short information about the Danish national regulation of firefighting foam and textiles, Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Kim Boesen)
A short information about the Danish national regulation of PFAS in food contact paper material, Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Mette Holm)
Discussion
11.30 – 12.30 LUNCH
12.30 – 15.00 Theme 3: Databases and identification of PFAS
Data on PFAS in the Swedish Products Register – Which substances and what kind of products? Swedish Chemicals Agency (Erik Diurlin)
Data on chemical content in consumer products – available in
vidensbank.mst.dk, Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Kim Boesen)
PFCA in cosmetic products: An enforcement project – results and challenges, Swedish Chemicals Agency (Sunitha Vijayalekshmi)
Systematic data collection on substances in chemical products and articles within the framework of PARC, Swedish Chemicals Agency (Robin Vestergren)
Discussion