Following the Danish ban, Sweden will also strengthen the control of PFAS substances in the agricultural sector.

The Swedish Chemicals Agency is expected to announce related strategies in the second half of this year, and local growers are currently closely watching and waiting. A farmer in Skåne County stated that although several disease-resistant potato varieties with low pesticide requirements have already been cultivated, these varieties still have shortcomings in terms of marketability, and their acceptance by the market and consumers remains uncertain. He pointed out that consumers usually prefer potatoes with a good appearance, leading to about 15%–20% of the products being discarded due to appearance defects, eventually being converted into biogas or animal feed. Currently, effective methods for preventing and controlling PFAS are still limited, leaving growers facing a difficult choice between "two harms." Some traditional growers reported that they have tried to reduce or stop using PFAS-containing products but still face significant uncertainties. The environmental coordinator of ...