110 Europeans tested for PFAS contamination at the Greens' initiative were all found to be hypercontaminated

Omissions

• The study was commissioned/conducted by the Greens/EFA themselves, i.e. the political group of the speaker, so it is not an independent source for the figure.
• 'Hypercontaminated' is not a standard scientific term; no health-based reference threshold is cited to justify the qualifier — the study reports detection of TFA and long-chain PFAS in all samples.
• The sample is small (110 self-selected volunteers from nine countries) and is not a representative sample of the EU population, so the finding cannot be generalised to 'Europeans' as a whole.
• The number 110 refers to volunteers in a specific awareness/testing campaign, not to a random or statistically representative survey.

Sources

• PrimaryGreens/EFA — Study: PFAS levels in EuropeansThis study with 110 volunteers was performed to assess the extent and potential health risk of PFAS exposure among Europeans.
• PrimaryGreens/EFA — Forever Chemical: New Report PFAS-TFA (press release)We tested 110 people across nine European countries, and in every single one of them we found TFA, the smallest and most persistent of the PFAS.
• SecondaryPAN Europe — TFA detected in every blood sample tested from 110 EuropeansA new study has detected the ultra-short PFAS trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in all 110 European participants' blood samples tested.
• SecondaryVrije Universiteit Amsterdam — Little-studied PFAS TFA widely detected in blood of European participantsA new European PFAS study has found the ultrashort-chain PFAS TFA in the blood of all participants.
• SecondaryHEJSupport — PFAS found in all participants: new European study raises concerns about TFA exposureBlood samples from 110 volunteers from nine European countries were analyzed ... All 110 participants had the four long-chain PFAS in their blood serum.