PFAS: Uncontrolled risk in our wastewater

By Christian Block, Misch Pautsch, Lex Kleren Switch to German for original article

Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFAS) are harmful, not naturally degradable and enter the environment in many ways - for example through the use of sewage sludge as fertiliser in agriculture. Unlike in other countries, not much is known about PFAS pollution in Luxembourg.

They are harmful and accumulate in our environment – and yet not much is known about the level of PFAS pollution in this country. At least that's what the response published on Wednesday by the Ministers for the Environment and Agriculture, Serge Wilmes and Martine Hansen (both CSV), to a parliamentary question from LSAP MPs Claire Delcourt and Mars Di Bartolomeo suggests.

"At present, PFAS in wastewater […] are not analysed in a systematic way, " the government representatives write in the question. According to the ministers, the presence of certain PFA substances is being analysed as part of feasibility studies regarding the expansion of wastewater treatment plants. However, as these studies have not yet been finalised, a final assessment is not possible "at the present time".

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