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• Opinion: Maine must continue battling PFAS

  News

  10 Feb 2024 | Portland Press Herald

  As PFAS risks become more understood, regulations more robust, and litigation more common, it’s also critical that food and beverage companies proactively evaluate their operations and supply chains to understand their specific PFAS risks, including in the ingredients, food packaging, or even waste streams, and develop a thoughtful risk management plan.

• Finalizing PFAS Detection Methods, EPA Moves Closer to Locating and Limiting Further PFAS Releases and Requiring Their Cleanup

  Policy

  9 Feb 2024

  EPA’s plans to investigate – and eventually establish limits on and liability for – PFAS in wastewater discharges and biosolids crossed a significant milestone on January 31, 2024, with the completion of two new analytical methods to detect these ubiquitous contaminants.

• EPA proposes some ‘forever chemicals’ be considered hazardous

  News

  2 Feb 2024 | CNN

  The US EPA is proposing that it will label nine of the thousands of PFAS “forever chemicals” as hazardous.

• EPA Releases List Of Known PFAS Chemicals Covered By New Reporting Rules

  Policy

  1 Feb 2024

  The US EPA published on January 26, 2024, a list of specific PFAS that trigger reporting requirements under EPA’s recently promulgated Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)(7) PFAS reporting rule.

• IAFF Endorses Military Fire Fighter PFAS Compensation Bill

  Policy

  19 Jan 2024

  The IAFF is proud to throw its support behind the Military Fire Fighters PFAS Compensation Bill (H.R. 6946), introduced by U.S. Reps. Marilyn Strickland and Bill Posey.

• House Resolution Would Push Accountability For Saint-Gobain’s PFAS Pollution

  News

  12 Jan 2024 | InDepthNH.org

  The resolution as written calls for compensation from Saint-Gobain to pay for PFAS-related injuries and treatment, for water and soil to be cleaned.

• Maine Begins PFAS Essential Use ID Process to Permit Sales

  Policy

  8 Jan 2024

  Companies and industrial sectors that claim PFAS are essential for the goods they produce have until March 1 to notify a Maine agency as the first step to help continue selling those products in the state.

• [Report] Rewind And (P)FASt Forward: Current Developments In PFAS Regulation

  Policy

  8 Jan 2024

  This report summarizes these and other major PFAS regulatory developments from 2023 and forecasts what 2024 may have in store.

• Navigating the changing landscape of PFAS regulations

  News

  8 Jan 2024 | The Insurer

  Navigating the complexities of these regulations requires a proactive approach, including internal risk assessments, documentation, strategic planning, and risk transfer where possible.

• PFAS Continue To Be a Priority Among Some NH Lawmakers

  Policy

  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

  Policy

  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.

• Bipartisan senators want to take on ‘forever chemical’ pollution. Environmental activists are wary

  Policy

  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.

• PFAS and WHO: Major Conference This Week Will Impact Litigation

  Policy

  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.

• New Report: PFAS Industry Spent More Than $110 Million on Lobbying Since 2019

  News

  7 Nov 2023 | Food & Water Watch

  Weak regulations in the U.S. have allowed multi-billion dollar chemical corporations to conceal the dangers of toxic compounds called PFAS.

• Pappas to IRS: PFAS rebates should be nontaxable based on existing guidance

  Policy

  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.