[Press Release] Dingell, Fitzpatrick, Ryan Introduce PFAS Action Act
14 Dec 2023
Representatives Debbie Dingell, Brian Fitzpatrick, and Pat Ryan, along with 13 additional members of Congress, introduced comprehensive, bipartisan legislation to protect Americans and the environment from harmful forever chemicals known as PFAS.
What you need to know about Minnesota's Jan. 1 ban on PFAS chemicals in food containers
13 Dec 2023
Minnesota's law is far-reaching, allowing no exemptions, no minimum limit for PFAS and no cap to potential fines. And it covers more than just packaging that directly touches food.
PFAS Continue To Be a Priority Among Some NH Lawmakers
13 Dec 2023
Several state Representatives have not relinquished their demands for accountability, healthcare support, and systemic change in how PFAS, or forever chemicals, are addressed.
[Press Release] Kildee Introduces New Bipartisan Legislation To Improve Medical Treatment For PFAS-Exposed Patients
7 Dec 2023
Congressman Dan Kildee, co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional PFAS Task Force, and Congressman Mike Lawler today introduced bipartisan legislation, supported by Republicans and Democrats, to ensure doctors have up-to-date information on how best to treat patients exposed to toxic PFAS.
EPA Takes Action to Protect People from PFAS that Leach from Plastic Containers into Pesticides and Other Products
4 Dec 2023
This action, taken under the authority of the Toxic Substances Control Act, will help protect the public from exposure to dangerous PFAS chemicals in containers used for a variety of household consumer, pesticide, fuel, automotive and other industrial products.
Proposed rules would allow any commercial farm contaminated by PFAS to apply for financial assistance
4 Dec 2023
Maine so far has focused on farms that were contaminated through the spreading of wastewater sludge.
New N.C. Regulatory Proposal Puts Burden of PFAS Clean-Up Costs on Polluters, Not Ratepayers
2 Dec 2023
North Carolina House Bill 864 would empower state agencies to order “the responsible party to pay the public water system any actual and necessary costs incurred by the public water system to remove, correct, or abate any adverse effects upon the water supply resulting from the contamination for which the person is responsible.”
California Attorney General Issues Stark Warning to Businesses Regarding Enforcement of PFAS in Food Packaging and Cookware Laws
27 Nov 2023
The California Attorney General Rob Bonta released an enforcement advisory letter to manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of food packaging and cookware detailing how he intends to enforce AB 1200.
Bipartisan senators want to take on ‘forever chemical’ pollution. Environmental activists are wary
25 Nov 2023
A key concern for environmentalists is not the provisions of the current draft bill, but discussions related to pollution cleanup and liability.
UN Probes DuPont, Chemours Over Human Rights Harms From PFAS
24 Nov 2023
A UN investigative office took aim at three companies tied to historical DuPont, along with the Netherlands and the US, for their role in violating human environmental rights due to PFAS released from a North Carolina factory, according to letters released on Friday.
PFAS and WHO: Major Conference This Week Will Impact Litigation
10 Nov 2023
This week, the International Agency For Research On Cancer is holding a week-long conference in Lyon, France to discuss the carcinogenicity of PFOA and PFAS.
Pappas to IRS: PFAS rebates should be nontaxable based on existing guidance
3 Nov 2023
Last spring, Congressman Chris Pappas filed legislation to change the Internal Revenue Service’s tax code in regard to state-issued PFAS remediation rebates. Now he’s working another avenue: asking the IRS to fix the issue itself.
Delaware AG Files PFAS Suit Against Numerous Companies
2 Nov 2023
On October 26, Delaware Attorney General Kathleen Jennings filed a lawsuit against fourteen chemical companies for allegedly contaminating the state’s natural resources with PFAS traceable to the use and disposal of AFFF, a specialized firefighting foam product widely used at airports and military bases.
The Perfect is Always the Enemy of the Good - TSCA’s Information Grab and the Expansive Ten-Year “Look Back” PFAS Reporting Requirement
23 Oct 2023
The TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule continues in its broad form, making only slight modifications around the edges; none of which will provide material relief to the majority of entities subject to the rule.
EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory
20 Oct 2023
The U.S. EPA finalized a rule that improves reporting on PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory by eliminating an exemption that allowed facilities to avoid reporting information on PFAS when those chemicals were used in small concentrations.