Polluted with PFOA

PFOA, a toxic chemical formerly used in products like non-stick pans, is carcinogenic and harmful to unborn children. Although banned in Japan from October 2021, high concentrations of PFOA have been found in Settsu City, Osaka, near a Daikin plant that used to manufacture the chemical. For years, residents were not told of the pollution.

“Received Activated Carbon Containing PFAS From Daikin,” Man-ei Industry Files for Pollution Mediation — Water Contamination in Kibi-Chuo Town, Okayama

2026.06.01 13:37　Nanami Nakagawa
“NO! PFAS Women’s Network” Launched; Petition Calling for a Revision of Water Quality Standards Reaches 39,000 Signatures in Less Than a Month

2026.04.28 13:04　Nanami Nakagawa
44 PFAS Organizations Nationwide Launch a “National Liaison Committee”; Submit a Petition to the Food Safety Commission and the Ministry of the Environment

2026.04.27 13:32　Nanami Nakagawa
Women Across Japan Fighting PFAS Contamination Speak Out / PFAS Water Quality Standards Introduced This April Are 12 Times Higher Than U.S. Levels: “We’re Worried About Pregnant Women and Children”

2026.04.02 11:29　Nanami Nakagawa
Settsu City Council Unanimously Passes Written Opinion to Government Demanding Specific Measures, Calling Government’s Pfas Guidelines “Vague and Unclear”

2025.12.24 14:44　Nanami Nakagawa
Residents Seek Pollution Mediation Over Daikin’s PFAS Contamination; Lawyers Specialized in Environmental Pollution Form Legal Team

2025.12.08 14:55　Nanami Nakagawa
Settsu City Council Unanimously Approves Request to Osaka Prefecture to “Collaborate With Daikin to Conduct Health and Epidemiological Surveys on PFOA”

2025.11.27 16:11　Nanami Nakagawa
Daikin Admits for the First Time That Employees Have Been Exposed to PFOA; Detection Found at Levels 500 to 50,000 Times Higher Than Normal; Residents Given a Sophistry by Daikin That There Was No Health Damage

2025.10.07 16:41　Nanami Nakagawa
Daikin Uses Misleading Media Reports; Residents of Kibichuo Town, Okayama, Issue Open Letter of Inquiry Regarding Health Effects of PFOA Contamination in the Town’s Tap Water

2025.09.17 13:45　Nanami Nakagawa
[Audio Recording Obtained] Daikin Industries: “PFOA Has No Health Hazards” at Shareholders Meeting; Daikin Employee With Interstitial Lung Disease Ignored

2025.07.23 12:00　Nanami Nakagawa
Daikin: “PFOA Exposure Will Be an Issue” – Confidential Documents Predicted 25 Years Ago – Interstitial Lung Disease Now on the Rise

2025.06.13 10:24　Nanami Nakagawa
Daikin PFOA Workers Suffer From Interstitial Lung Disease: “Clothes Were Covered in Powder” Doctor: “The Number of Victims Goes Beyond 5 or 10”

2025.06.12 11:29　Nanami Nakagawa