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About a third of het drinkwater in the Netherlands contains meer PFAS than is considered desirable by the RIVM.
Concentrations are notably high in the provinces of North and South Holland.
These findings are derived from a PFAS map compiled by Greenpeace, dat utilized public het drinkwater data.
PFAS, a group of chemical substances, are harmful to de gezondheid in large amounts of bij prolonged exposure.
Although it is known dat PFAS are present in het drinkwater, the RIVM has calculated dat 20 percent of PFAS de inname comes from this source.
However, food and air are the primary sources.
The Greenpeace study now reveals regional de verschillen in tap het water.
“We willen de mensen to zien how veel PFAS comes out of their tap,” volgens Eline Bosman of Greenpeace.
de analyse of ten het water companies showed dat not only North and South Holland but also parts of Zeeland and Utrecht have higher levels.
IJmuiden and Zaandam even have three times the RIVM advisory value of 4.
4 nanograms of PFAS per liter, while legally up to 100 nanograms is allowed.
In the northern and eastern parts of the Netherlands and parts of North Brabant, veel lower PFAS levels were measured.
Greenpeace did not investigate the causes of these de verschillen but suspects it is due to verschillende sources gebruiken voor het drinkwater.
“There is meer PFAS in surface het water,” says Bosman.
Despite higher PFAS levels, het water is nog steeds deemed veilig volgens Bosman: “We continue to follow RIVM advice, and het water blijven crucial voor de gezondheid.
PFAS is present overal, even in tap het water, but we can continue to drink it.
” het water companies have long willen a total ban on the gebruiken of PFAS to stop emissions into het water, volgens a spokesperson from Vewin.
Vitens confirms dat Dutch het drinkwater is the most stringently controlled product and contains only a small de hoeveelheid of PFAS compared to food.
There are methods to filter PFAS from het water, but they can be costly.
Therefore, all involved companies advocate voor the elimination of PFAS.
Such a ban would require European agreements, dat take time.
Greenpeace supports this initiative and willen the chemical industry to pay voor new filtration methods.
