Attorney General, DEP Commissioner Announce Two New Natural Resource Damage Lawsuits over Contamination of Riverfront Sites
10 Nov 2020
AG Gurbir S. Grewal and DEP Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe today announced the filing of two lawsuits to compel the clean-up of contamination and recover Natural Resource Damages.
Producing Ignorance Through Regulatory Structure: The Case of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)
3 Nov 2020
A review of the current American regulatory system using PFAS to highlight how chemical manufacturers control knowledge production and dissemination among other problems.
Targeted Minnesota site-specific criteria for PFOS
3 Nov 2020
The fish tissue maximum concertation is 0.37 ng/g and the maximum water concertation is 0.05 ng/L.
Ecology seeking comments on action plan to address PFAS contaminants
24 Oct 2020
The Washington state Department of Ecology is seeking public comment on its plan to address a class of highly persistent chemicals that don’t break down in the environment.
EU commits to overhaul of chemicals legislation
16 Oct 2020
The European commission adopted the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability on 14 October. This ambitious programme has been touted as the biggest reform of chemical regulations since Reach (registration, evaluation, authorisation and restriction of chemicals).
The Minnesota Department of Health has started a review of PFHxA
14 Oct 2020
Interested parties can submit and discuss PFHxA toxicity studies that are relevant to human health.
Policy, health, and justice—focus of October meeting on PFAS contaminants in drinking water
13 Oct 2020
The University of Rhode Island STEEP Superfund Research Center is hosting a conference, “PFAS In Our World: What We Know and What We Can Do,” October 13 and 14, 2020.
California bans PFAS firefighting foams
6 Oct 2020
California is halting the sale, manufacture, and use of firefighting foam that contains PFAS as of 2022.
AGs urge Congress to keep tough PFAS language in defense bill
5 Oct 2020
Congressional leaders should advance legislation that would force the U.S. Department of Defense to comply with state laws regulating toxic “forever chemicals,” urged attorneys general in Michigan and 17 other states.
Massachusetts to set a new MCL for the sum of six PFAS
24 Sep 2020
The MCL of 20 ppt is for the sum of six PFAS: PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFNA, PFHpA, PFDA.
[Press Release] PFAS in food: EFSA assesses risks and sets tolerable intake
17 Sep 2020
When stetting the new, extremely low threshold for PFOS, PFOA, PFNA, and PFHxS, the European Food Safety Authority considered the decreased response of the immune system to vaccination as the most critical human health effect.
Judge rules for NH in 3M’s bid to block PFAS protections
8 Sep 2020
A Merrimack County judge has vacated a preliminary injunction previously granted to chemical company giant 3M, which sought to block the implementation of more protective PFAS standards.
Vermont Agency of Natural Resource's Advance Notice on the Regulation of PFAS as a Class
26 Aug 2020
After reviewing the current peer-reviewed literature, as well as the available toxicology data for PFAS, the Agency's Review Team determined that at the current time it is not feasible to regulate PFAS as a Class, other than the five compounds presently regulated to the health-based standard.
[Press Release] Scientists Urge Business & Government to Treat PFAS Chemicals as a Class
11 Aug 2020
All per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) should be treated as one class and avoided for nonessential uses, according to a peer-reviewed article published in today's issue of Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
US EPA changes PFAS rule after signing
6 Aug 2020
The US EPA is facing backlash over the way it finalized a rule that requires companies to notify the agency 90 days before making or importing products containing certain long-chain PFAS.