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*"European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) has just issued two highly significant opinions [againt] per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), and the experts are backing the request from environmental agencies inthe Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Denmark to drastically restrict their use."*

Although discourse focuses upon PFAS in consumer products, *"[the report] reveals that most PFAS emissions in Europe come from fluorinated gases (39,000 out of 68,000 tons per year) – that is, primarily from air conditioners and heat pumps. .. [These] fluorinated gases they use degrade in the atmosphere into trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), a highly mobile PFAS now found from European rainwater all the way to Antarctic ice."*

Some organic alternative exist like propane but they "bring back the risk of fire and explosion."