Chemours under fire for trying to exempt fluorochemicals from EU regulation
European Court of Justice will rule on whether GenX chemicals should be listed as substances of very high concern
DuPont spin-off Chemours has mounted a legal challenge to the EU’s 2019 decision to include GenX fluorinated chemicals in its Candidate List of substances of very high concern (SVHCs). Environmental groups ClientEarth and Chem Trust appeared at the European Court of Justice on 14 September, joining the European Chemicals Agency (Echa) and the Netherlands’ government to defend the decision.