‘Staggering’ Impact Foreseen on US Firms From EU PFAS Ban (2)

Companies exporting virtually any product to the European Union must know if their goods have PFAS and weigh in on the region’s new proposed phaseout of those chemicals, which could greatly affect many US companies, attorneys said.

The potential breadth of the restriction that the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) proposed on Feb. 7 is “staggering,” said Lawrence Culleen, a partner with Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP who specializes in chemical regulations.

The proposed requirements could affect the production and distribution of chemicals, mixtures of chemicals, and manufactured products, he said.

Affected business may need to reexamine the composition and ...