An article titled “PFAS Regulations and Business Issues – Handling of PFAS-Containing Products and Measures To Address Contamination -” written by Kenji Sarukura was published in the February 2025 issue (Vol. 61 No. 2) of the monthly magazine “Environmental Management.”
1. Domestic and overseas trends of PFAS regulations and measures to address them
(1) Overseas trends of PFAS regulations
(2) Domestic trends of PFAS regulations
(3) Frequent revisions of laws and regulations, and public comments
2. When PFAS actually poses problems (2 examples)
(1) When PFAS is found in a product that is used to manufacture your products
(2) When PFAS is detected at your site or in your industrial wastewater
“PFAS is used at every stage in industrial circles and has become indispensable. On the other hand, due to its harmfulness to human health, the trend of restricting manufacture, import, use, etc., of PFAS is globally accelerating. While overseas countries are ahead of Japan regarding such restrictions, Japan also has started regulating manufacture and certain other activities, and the regulations will inevitably be tightened in the future. In this article, the author provides a general view of domestic and overseas PFAS regulations and explains what to do when PFAS contamination is detected in your products or in the soil/underground water at your site.”
https://www.e-jemai.jp/purchase/back_number/2025/02/
