‘That PFAS tap must be shut, preferably today rather than tomorrow.’

In an editorial today, Dutch newspaper Trouw is critical of both the governments in Berlin and The Hague when it comes to dealing with PFAS discharges into the Rhine.

After earlier reporting on the letter RIWA-Rijn sent to German minister Lemke on the subject, the newspaper now takes a stand against the procrastination of both governments: ‘That PFAS tap must be closed, preferably today rather than tomorrow.’

Read the editorial here (in Dutch)