Eurofins presents at SETAC Europe in Maastricht
The SETAC Europe 36th Annual Meeting will take place in Maastricht, the Netherlands, in May 2026, bringing together international expertise in environmental toxicology and chemistry. The scientific programme includes several dedicated sessions addressing PFAS, covering topics such as environmental fate and transport, analytical advances, risk assessment and regulatory. PFAS will be discussed across matrices including water, soil, air, biota, and food, reflecting their relevance as persistent and mobile contaminants. Collectively, these sessions highlight both methodological developments and implications for environmental management and policy.
Patrick van Hees (Eurofins European PFAS Competence Centre and Örebro University) will contribute with two oral presentations focused on PFAS-related research. The first presentation, PFAS in Firefighting Foam–Contaminated Soils – The Importance of Precursors and Leaching for Risk Assessment (3.20.B.T‑01), will focus on the PFAS composition of source‑zone soils and how this is influenced by the type of firefighting foam used at the site. The second presentation, Trifluoroacetic Acid Formation in Potato Cultivation: Impact of Fluazinam, Fluopicolide, and Oxathiapiprolin Degradation (3.28.T‑05), will present results from a field experiment investigating the formation of TFA from so‑called “PFAS pesticides”, such as fluazinam, and address the occurrence, uptake and transport of the compound in different matrices,
SLU Fältforsk Webinar on “PFAS Pesticides” and TFA in Potatoes
In addition to SETAC, a SLU Fältforsk webinar will be held on 29 May 2026 entitled “Vad vet vi om upptag av TFA i potatisgröda och spridning till mark och vattenmiljö?”. The webinar addresses the same field experiment presented at SETAC, focusing on TFA‑forming pesticides in potato cultivation. Results from a parallel project investigating water and soil samples from potato farms across Sweden will also be presented. Projects of this kind contribute to the scientific basis for assessing the environmental impacts of these pesticides, particularly in the context of the ongoing debate on potential restrictions on their use.
