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The European Food Safety Authority has lowered its acceptable daily intake for TFA, classifying it as toxic for reproduction.","category":"Health","area":"European Union","publishedAt":"2026-10-02T13:45:54.880Z","sourceReportedAt":"2026-10-02T13:29:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-02T13:45:54.880Z","readTime":"4 min read","scores":{"trust":42,"critic":59,"hype":41,"notes":{"trust":"Central claim attributed to a named body (EFSA, European Parliament Greens/EFA group) and supported by one full report and 25 digests.","critic":"The story is clearly written and holds together, with specific figures and dates provided.","hype":"Headlines promise alarming findings about 'eternal pollutants' and 'record levels' of TFA."}},"tags":["#PFAS","#TFA","#EnvironmentalPollution","#PublicHealth","#EuropeanUnion"],"entities":["Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)","European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)","Cristina Guarda","European Greens/EFA group","Gospić"],"body":[{"type":"key_takeaways","items":["Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) was detected in the blood of all 110 volunteers participating in a new study across nine European countries.","TFA concentrations were found to be four to five times higher than the sum of four long-chain PFAS compounds.","The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has reduced its acceptable daily intake for TFA and classified it as toxic for reproduction.","Six out of ten Croatian participants showed elevated levels of four long-chain PFAS compounds, with five of seven from Gospić having high values."]},{"type":"paragraph","text":"A new study has found trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in the blood of all 110 volunteers from nine European countries. The research, initiated by the European Greens/EFA group, analysed blood samples for various per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as 'eternal pollutants'. TFA was detected in 100% of participants, with concentrations reported as four to five times higher than the combined levels of four long-chain PFAS compounds."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recently lowered its acceptable daily intake for TFA to 0.014 mg per kilogram of body weight, down from 0.05 mg/kg. EFSA has also classified TFA as toxic for reproduction. The study involved volunteers from Italy, Belgium, France, Croatia, Germany, Luxembourg, Spain, Denmark, and Finland. Biological analyses were conducted by the Institute of Occupational Medicine in Hamburg, with toxicological interpretation by the Free University of Amsterdam."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"While long-chain PFAS were found in all participants, TFA and PFPrA were the only ultra-short chain PFAS detected, with PFPrA present in 23% of volunteers. In Croatia, six out of ten participants had elevated levels of the four long-chain PFAS compounds. Among the seven participants from Gospić, five showed elevated values for these compounds."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on linking Gospić findings to waste"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The Croatian Institute of Public Health (HZJZ) stated that the results from a small number of volunteers do not allow for an assessment of PFAS exposure for the entire population of Gospić. According to HZJZ, the findings from the study cannot be linked to waste in the area. 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