“PFAS in soil – time to act together” An outcome of the international conference “PFAS in soil – forever pollution, forever concern?” held in Berlin, March 2025

Description: This conference summary proposes general goals and associated actions for a collaborative effort amongst European countries to address the problem of soil contamination by perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS). It reflects the discussions during the international conference “PFAS in soil – forever pollution, forever concern?” taking place in Berlin/Germany on 25th and 26th of March 2025. The five general goals derived from the discussions suggest to: (i) Strictly prevent future PFAS immissions into soils, (ii) Systematically identify PFAS-contaminated sites, (iii) Provide a powerful fit-for-routine chemical analysis of PFAS in soil, (iv) Establish effective management strategies for PFAS-contaminated sites and (v) Minimize human PFAS exposure via soil (food, feed, drinking water, direct contact). © The Author(s) 2026.

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Tags: Berlin ? Bodenchemie ? PFAS ? Bodenkunde ? Bodenverunreinigung ? Chemische Analyse ? Futtermittel ? Bodenphysik ? Chemikalien ? Immission ? Trinkwasser ? Bioremediation ? 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik::540 Chemie ? Environmental Fate and Toxicology of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances ? Soil Microbiology ? Soil and Water Protection ?

License: Creative Commons Namensnennung 4.0

Language: Englisch/English

Organisations

• Umweltbundesamt (Herausgeberschaft)
• openUMWELT (Bereitstellung)

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• Biegel-Engler, Annegret (Verfasser*in)
• Frische, Tobias (Verfasser*in)
• Schulte, Christoph (Verfasser*in)
• Vierke, Lena (Verfasser*in)

Issued: 2026-01-01

Last harvest: 31.07.2026 01:22

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