GOTHENBURG – Safer chemicals NGO ChemSec has identified the companies who are the biggest producers of PFAS substances – the so-called ‘forever chemicals’ used to make textiles stain- and waterproof.
ChemSec has also revealed the scale of the profits made by the companies from producing PFAS which it says are “surprisingly small – especially compared to the societal costs”.
The NGO says the world’s top 12 PFAS producers are AGC, Arkema, Chemours, Daikin, 3M, Solvay, Dongyue, Archroma, Merck, Bayer, BASF and Honeywell.
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