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Danish Competent Authority: “How many potential vPvM/PMT substances have been registered under ⁠REACH⁠? - vPvM/PMT-screening by using the Danish (Q)SAR database”
https://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/how-many-potential-vpvmpmt-substanc...

European Commission: “Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability towards a Toxic-Free Environment”, October 2020
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?qid=1602781627860&uri=CO...

Zhu Hanbin Deng Tulian: “Protecting the safety of drinking water sources with a global PMT strategy”, October 2020 (only available in Chinese language)
http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2020/10/446468.shtm

DNR: “Making the EU more sustainable- Demands of the German environmental associations on the European Green Deal“, September 2020
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUK...

Cefic: “Long Range Research Initiative (LRI ECO 54) -Next generation risk assessment methods for substances associated with mobility concerns”, August 2020
 http://cefic-lri.org/request-for-proposals/lri-eco54-next-generation-ris...

Chemical Watch: ”European Commission planning to make PMT, vPvM ‘categories’ for SVHCs- Intention appears in unpublished draft document on the upcoming EU chemicals strategy for sustainability”, July 2020
https://chemicalwatch.com/133275/european-commission-planning-to-make-pm...

Arp, Hale, and Schymanski: “S36|UBAPMT|Potential Persistent, Mobile and Toxic (PMT) substances-The Norman Network Suspect Screening List”, February 2020
 https://zenodo.org/record/3637611

The National Law Review: “REACH 30/30 Webinar- Persistent, Mobile, Toxic (PMT) Substances. A New Class of SVHCs”, February 2020,
https://www.natlawreview.com/event/reach-3030-webinar-persistent-mobile-...

DNR: „Chemicals & Nanotechnology - Perfluorobutane sulfonic acid will be considered as SVHC Substance», January 2020
https://www.dnr.de/eu-koordination/eu-umweltnews/2020-chemie-nanotechnol...

Chemical Watch: “EU members back implementation of mobility concept under REACH- Views of nine competent authorities revealed in Baua document”, December 2019
https://chemicalwatch.com/85977/eu-members-back-implementation-of-mobili...

ChemSec: “Persistent chemicals- Chemicals that do not degrade in the environment, “forever chemicals”, are increasingly recognised as a global threat”, December 2019
https://sinlist.chemsec.org/persistent-chemicals/

Chemical Watch: “ECHA committee agrees PFBS is substance of very high concern- Mobility in the environment a key factor”, December 2019
https://chemicalwatch.com/87036

Food Packaging Forum: “Guidance document for PMT/vPvM substances-German Environment Agency (UBA) provides updated guidelines for identifying substances that are persistent, mobile, and toxic (PMT) or very persistent and very mobile (vPvM)”, December 2019
https://www.foodpackagingforum.org/news/guidance-document-for-pmt-vpvm-s...

ChemSec:”Substitute it Now List (SINList) - The SINList is intended to identify substances of very high concern and encourage industry to substitute these substances with less hazardous substances.”, November 2019
https://sinlist.chemsec.org/

ChemSec:” Time has come for the new EU Commission to take some uncomfortable decisions”, November 2019
https://chemsec.org/time-has-come-for-the-new-eu-commission-to-take-some...

EurEau: ”Briefing Note-Moving forward on PMT and vPvM Substances”, August 2019
http://www.eureau.org/resources/briefing-notes/3934-briefing-note-on-mov...

Chemical Watch: “Germany presents mobility criteria to Commission and member states-Organic carbon to water coefficient is key metric”, July 2019
https://chemicalwatch.com/79659/germany-presents-mobility-criteria-to-co...

EurEau:“Paper-Addressing micropollutants: a holistic approach”, May 2019
www.eureau.org/resources/position-papers/3828-the-holistic-approach-to-a...

EurEau:“Briefing note- Treating micropollutants at waste water treatment plants-Experiences and developments from European countries”, May 2019
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&ved=2ahUK...

Chemical Watch: ”EU report proposes screening criteria for POPs to capture mobility- Close to 1,000 substances could meet criteria”, April 2019
https://chemicalwatch.com/76815/eu-report-proposes-screening-criteria-fo...

Chemical Watch: ”EU committee lists persistent mobile substances as emerging issue-
PMTs among 14 issues that Scheer says could impact human health or environment”, February 2019 https://chemicalwatch.com/73915/eu-committee-lists-persistent-mobile-sub...

Chemical Watch: “UK, Finland dissent led to withdrawal of PFHxA SVHC proposal-Diverging positions could prove significant in debate over REACH’s Eloc principle”, February 2019
https://chemicalwatch.com/74307/uk-finland-dissent-led-to-withdrawal-of-...

Robert Hodgson: “Governments demand concerted EU action on chemicals-Environment ministers have called for an early warning system for chemical risks, an action plan on endocrine disruptors, and again demanded the European Commission produce an overdue 'strategy for a non-toxic environment”, January 2019
https://www.endsreport.com/article/1589110/governments-demand-concerted-...

Chemical Watch: “Cefic says SVHC equivalency must be judged ‘case-by-case’-REACH-equivalent concern mechanism requires policy paper and criteria”, December 2018
https://chemicalwatch.com/72643/cefic-says-svhc-equivalency-must-be-judg...

Christine Lepisto: ”Teflon Replacement on Track to Test Definition of Hazardous Chemicals-If a chemical does not bioaccumulate and is not highly toxic, do we need to worry about it building up in the environment? ”, November 2018
https://www.treehugger.com/clean-water/teflon-replacement-track-test-def...

Chemical Watch: “Norwegian review finds that PFBS persists and is mobile- But the bioaccumulation potential is low compared with PFOS”, November 2018
https://chemicalwatch.com/72228/norwegian-review-finds-that-pfbs-persist...

Claire McMillan: “Chemicals in drinking water – is the proposed PMT/vPvM criteria the way forward?”, August 2018
http://www.cea.adas.co.uk/News/ArtMID/731/ArticleID/211/Chemicals-in-dri...

Croner-i: “REACH or ⁠CLP⁠ regulatory measures proposed for persistent, mobile and toxic (PMT/vPvM) substances”, May 2018
https://app.croneri.co.uk/feature-articles/reach-or-clp-regulatory-measu...

Chemical Safety Consulting: “PMT and vPvM substances under REACH and CLP (or GHS): a report on the UBA Workshop”, March 2018
https://www.chemicalsafetyconsulting.com/chemical-safety-news/pmt-and-vp...

UBA: "Mobile" chemicals - when filters become useless. German Environment Agency wants better protection of drinking water against "mobile" contaminants, May 2017 https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/en/press/pressinformation/mobile-chemical...

Water JPI: “Welcome to PROMOTE-Protecting Water Resources from Mobile Trace Chemicals (Promote), is a research project under the European Union Joint Programming Initiative “Water Challenges for a Changing World””, February 2016
https://www.ufz.de/promote/

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Read the full story related to the development of the PMT/vPvM criteria under the EU´s chemical legislation REACH to identify PMT/vPvM substances: (01) –> Introduction to PMT/vPvM substances, (02) –> Emergence (2009 – 2015) of the PMT/vPvM criteria, (03) –> First PMT Workshop 2011 (04) –> Public Consultation (2016 – 2019) on the PMT/vPvM criteria, (05) –> Second PMT Workshop 2018, (06) –> Utilization (2019 – ongoing) of the PMT/vPvM criteria, (07) –> Third PMT Workshop 2021, (08) –> Media coverage and dissemination, (09) –> Frequently Asked Question (FAQ), (10) –> The final PMT/vPvM criteria