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3M Loses US Contractor Immunity Argument in PFAS Case
Policy
16 Sep 2022
3M Co. failed to persuade the federal judge presiding over PFAS mass tort litigation that the company is immune from liability for alleged damages for the toxic substances as a government contractor.
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Chemours expansion plans infuriate environmentalists
News
12 Sep 2022 | City View
North Carolina environmental groups are outraged over the Chemours chemical corporation’s plans to expand its Fayetteville Works plant in Bladen County.
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A rapid assessment bioaccumulation screening (RABS) study design for emerging per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in mice exposed to industrially impacted surface water
Science
2 Sep 2022 | Chemosphere
A novel method was developed that can predict the bioaccumulation of PFAS mixture without chemical standards.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Exposure Through Munitions in Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Science
19 Aug 2022 | Integr Environ Assess Manag
Detonation of explosives and munitions, which commonly contain PFAS, increases PFAS deposition both locally and long-range, resulting in aftereffects on human health that may last many years after a war.
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PFAS Test Order Challenged by Firefighting Foam Company
News
16 Aug 2022 | Bloomberg Law
National Foam Inc. has petitioned a federal court asking it to hear the company’s challenge to the EPA’s first order requiring PFAS manufacturers and processors to test one of those chemicals.
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American Chemistry Council Uses Disinformation to Target PFAS Safeguards
News
8 Aug 2022 | The Equation
In its statement about the petition, the ACC claimed to support the development of drinking water standards for the PFAS chemicals PFOA PFOS, PFBS, and GenX. But it speciously charged that EPA was failing to ensure “the scientific integrity of its process.”
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Chemical trade group sues EPA over ‘forever chemical’ advisory
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8 Aug 2022 | The Hill
A trade group representing American chemical manufacturers has filed a lawsuit against the EPA over new nonbinding advisories for so-called toxic “forever chemicals.”
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‘They all knew’: textile company misled regulators about use of toxic PFAS, documents show
News
5 Aug 2022 | The Guardian
A French industrial fabric producer that poisoned drinking water supplies with PFAS “forever chemicals” across 65 sq miles of southern New Hampshire misled regulators about the amount of toxic substance it used.
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Rhode Island PFAS Regulations Become Law
Policy
1 Aug 2022
On June 27, 2022, Rhode Island passed two new laws into effect that regulate six types of PFAS in food packaging, drinking water, ground water, surface waters, and landfills.
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Mitigating PFAS, Plastics-Related Litigation Costs With Insurance
News
29 Jul 2022 | Bloomberg Law
Litigation trends involving plastics as well as PFAS are significant enough that companies with potential exposure would be well served to consider how insurance coverage may fit into their larger risk mitigation plans.
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) in consumable species and food products
Science
28 Jul 2022 | J Food Sci Technol
This review found that legacy PFAS remain in high abundance and that proximity to factories and fluorochemical industries results in potentially hazardous levels of PFAS contamination in all types of food products.
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Three Lawsuits Aim to Shape EPA’s Use of Chemical Test Orders
Policy
22 Jul 2022
Rulings in three lawsuits that challenge the EPA’s use of its burgeoning authority to order chemical manufacturers to generate information on their products are poised to offer insights into the agency’s implementation of power that it’s only begun to use the last few years, attorneys say.
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Are cosmetics a significant source of PFAS in Europe? product inventories, chemical characterization and emission estimates
Science
21 Jul 2022 | Environ Sci Process Impacts
Annual European-wide cosmetic-related total fluorine and extractable organic fluorine emissions to wastewater and solid waste ranged from 17-38,000 kg F per year and 37-5100 kg F per year, respectively, representing a high emission source that is still lower than emissions from washing PFAS-coated textiles.
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Wisconsin sues ‘forever chemicals’ manufacturers for ‘widespread contamination’
News
20 Jul 2022 | The Hill
Wisconsin has filed a lawsuit against 18 companies over the manufacturing and marketing of toxic “forever chemicals,” alleging that these firms engaged in the “widespread contamination” of the state’s “property and natural resources.”
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Chemours challenges US EPA drinking water advisory for PFAS
Policy
14 Jul 2022
As part of a challenge to a recent US Environmental Protection Agency health advisory for drinking water, Chemours is using a novel argument linked to a recent Supreme Court ruling.