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Ref. Ares(2024)34226874 - 13/05/2024 PFAS in the EU has been proposed by the Commission's chemicals strategy for sustainability and five countries2 have proposed a wide restriction. Compare your results with EU citizens: You will be able to compare your personal levels of PFAS with the average for your fellow citizens in your country and across Europe. This gives you the opportunity to understand your own levels of contamination, and that of the citizens you serve, in the context of this Commission's ambition for zero pollution and a toxic-free environment. How will my test be taken? The blood sample collection process is simple, safe, and will only take a few minutes of your time. The tests will be conducted by Eurofins, a company with long experience of testing for PFAS in water, food, and human beings. Eurofins is currently conducting blood tests on the Flanders residents affected by PFAS pollution and was also responsible for Covid tests in the European Parliament. Participants will receive a confidential result from a medical doctor of their levels of the 13 PFAS chemicals tested. It will be your choice whether or not to share or publicise your test results. The EEB will have no access to the individual test results. We hope you will accept this invitation to participate in this educational initiative among top EU policymakers. Similar offers were made to some relevant national Ministers3 and members of the European Parliament4. We appreciate your commitment to reducing chemical pollution across the EU in order to improve the health of all EU citizens. If you accept in principle, or would like to know more, we will send you further information about the procedures and confidentiality. Meanwhile, I am happy to respond to any questions you may have. Thank you for your consideration, and we look forward to hearing back from you. Sincerely Art. 4(1)(b) Art. 4(1)(b) 2 Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway 3 WWF, "EU Ministers give blood for chemical check up", 12 July 2004, available at: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf news/?14132/EUMinisters-give-blood-for-chemical-check-up 4 WWF, "European Parliamentarians participate in WWF chemicals check-up", 02 December 2003, available at: https://www.wwf.eu/?10002/European-Parliamentarians-participate-in-WWF-chemicals-check-up European Environmental Bureau Rue des Deux glises 14-16, 1000 Brussels, Belgium +32 228 91090 eeb@eeb.org www.eeb.org International non-profit association Association internationale sans but lucratif (AISBL) EC register for interest representatives: ID number: 06798511314-27 BCE ID number: 0415.814.848 RPM Tribunal de l'entreprise francophone de Bruxelles 2 Electronically signed on 08/05/2024 13:59 (UTC+02) in accordance with Article 11 of Commission Decision (EU) 2021/2121