We were promised a European Green Deal that would work towards carbon neutrality, but also included a “zero pollution ambition”, which sounded promising. It had two key components: the revision of the chemicals regulation and the phase out of PFAS, the “forever chemicals”. Five years later, what happened to it?

This is the third episode of Corporate Europe Observatory's new podcast series “What's going wrong, and how to put it right?”.

Text editing by Sarah Reader, research by Vicky Cann and Nina Holland, script by João Camargo and Joana Louçã, sound design and editing by Gui Calegari, graphic design by José Torres. Don’t miss next week’s episode about how the gas industry got rich off the EU energy crisis.