ECHA RAC Recommends TFA Classification — But Hazard, Risk, and Environmental Fate Are Separate Questions
The ECHA RAC opinion proposes classifying TFA and its inorganic salts for reproductive toxicity and persistence, while BfR states that current food and drinking-water concentrations do not indicate expected health effects. UBA identifies atmospheric degradation of some fluorinated gases as one TFA source, a finding that does not extend to all refrigerants.
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