In SaintLouis, France, around 60,000 residents—especially vulnerable groups—were recently banned from drinking tap water after PFAS levels soared to four times the legal limit. The culprit? Decades of PFAS-laced firefighting foam used at the nearby Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg airport.
This marks France’s largest-ever tap water ban, yet it may be just the beginning: over 2,300 sites across Europe already exceed upcoming EU safety thresholds for PFAS.
Residents feel the impact: “Even if we stop drinking it… we can’t really do anything.”
Why This Matters for Europe:
🚨 More regions may face bans when the EU's 0.1 µg/L PFAS limit kicks in (January 2026).
🧪 The contamination was discovered years ago—highlighting a serious lag in monitoring and public transparency.
👥 Legal and financial responsibility? The airport may be held accountable for an estimated €20 million clean-up cost .
At PFASuiki, our mission is clear: destroy PFAS — don’t just capture them. 💧Electrochemical oxidation offers scalable and effective destruction of PFAS in water streams—critical for preventing crises like SaintLouis.
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