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24 April 2025

ATMOsphere America Summit 2025

HFOs and TFA: The Growing Threat of PFAS

ATMOsphere America Summit 2025 - natural refrigerant technology case studies - HFOs and TFA- The Growing Threat of PFAS

Join us at ATMOsphere America 2025 for an expert-led panel discussion on why f-gases such as HFOs are considered PFAS and how their atmospheric degradation product trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) is proliferating in the environment and turning up in human blood, with potential health implications.

Marc Chasserot, Founder & CEO, ATMOsphere, will provide an update on the EU’s progress in regulating PFAS as a class, including f-gas refrigerants and their by-product trifluoroacetic acid (TFA).

Michael Garry, Editor-at-Large, ATMOsphere, will discuss the latest global research on the spread of TFA in the environment and its potential threat to human health.

Dr. Anna Reade, Senior Scientist & Director, PFAS Advocacy, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), will track the progress of the California PFAS bill, which includes regulation of f-gas refrigerants.

Dr. Rainer Lohmann, Professor, University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography, will describe his research into TFA levels in drinking water in Rhode Island.