PFAS: In France, the cost of decontamination is vastly underestimated
InvestigationAccording to the estimate calculated by Le Monde and its partners, France would have to spend €12 billion a year on cleaning up PFAS if the smallest of them, TFA, which is widely present in water and not yet regulated, is to be treated.
Anne Grosperrin is "very concerned by this discovery." Since the end of 2024, Greater Lyon's vice president in charge of the water cycle has known that "the water catchment area that supplies 98% of the population with drinking water is contaminated with TFA."
TFA stands for trifluoroacetic acid. In the PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkylated substances) family, we're talking about the grandson. The most microscopic of the "forever chemicals," the darling of agricultural and medical chemistry is making its way at breakneck speed through water, air and soil. A breakdown product of pesticides and other PFAS, it is indestructible in nature.
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