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The UK Government has released “PFAS Plan: Building a Safer Future Together”, outlining its approach to managing PFAS (“forever chemicals”) across public health, the environment and industry.

Key points for chemical and environmental professionals:

• Risk-based, evidence-led strategy focused on improved data, monitoring and scientific understanding, not immediate blanket bans.
• Greater emphasis on water and environmental monitoring, with implications for compliance, remediation and due diligence.
• Recognition of essential uses, creating opportunities for alternatives assessment, substitution strategies and lifecycle analysis.
• Strong reliance on expert collaboration, reinforcing the role of consultants in shaping proportionate, science-based regulation.

For those working in chemicals and sustainability, this signals a more structured UK approach to PFAS management and rising expectations around data quality and risk assessment.

The full plan can be found here: PFAS Plan: building a safer future together – GOV.UK