ZeroPM removal workshop: Toxic sludge is good for you

2023-2025 Eurydice Bersi ZERO PM Workshop October 7-8 2025 Mytilene www.foreverpollution.eu TOXIC SLUDGE IS GOOD FOR YOU Making visible the invisible part 1 | Environment 23,000 contaminated sites 21,420 presumptive contaminated sites 231 PFAS users 20 PFAS manufacturing facilities Cross-border investigation 2023, 12 countries, 16 media 46 journalists 16 countries 29 medias 18 experts 135+ articles 14,000 PFAS documents Coordination: Making visible the invisible part 2 | Politics http://foreverpollution.eu/lobbying “Expert-reviewed journalism” – expanded ” “Expert-reviewed journalism” – expanded Documents historiques Analyse AI Lobbying actors EU Trade associations Companies Consultancies etc Lobbying tactics / Freedom of information requests Main lobbying arguments Without PFAS, there will be no green transition, no digital transition, no more semiconductors. Guaranteed: shortage of medicines and the end of strategic autonomy and European sovereignty. An unprecedented socio-economic disaster. "PFAS are like mushrooms. There are dangerous ones and not dangerous ones." (Tefal) Is Europe really sure they should be banned? Collage: Stéphane Horel The Cost of inaction How should journalists collaborate with researchers ? Building a relationship of confidence is mutually beneficial (1) Clear guidelines on the publication of results must be established (2) The contribution of experts must be acknowledged in all publications Journalists > press requests, FOI, OSINT Researchers > methodology and academic rigour Benefit for researchers : -Original data -Impact and coverage of issues that are often ignored -Improving the understanding of science by the public -Contributing to important change State-facilitated corporate harm and crime Which side are you on? Collage Stéphane Horel THANK YOU !! ebersi@protonmail. com EURYDICE BERSI REPORTERS UNITED X: @ebersi LinkedIn: Eurydice Bersi +30 6944899358