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• 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.

• EU PFAS Ban Deadlines Seen as Slipping to Review New Information

  Policy

  16 Oct 2023

  The European Chemicals Agency aims by December to analyze a record number of responses to a consultation on a plan to outlaw PFAS in the European Union, amid speculation that the plan could be delayed or substantially revised.

• Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Develops First PFAS-free Oxygen Absorber for Food Industry

  News

  16 Oct 2023

  In response to the growing concerns and looming legislations around PFAS, Mitsubishi Gas Chemical has launched AGELESS, the first-ever PFAS-free oxygen absorber safe for food packaging.

• Rule Passed to Require Reporting of PFAS

  Policy

  6 Oct 2023

  The U.S. EPA finalized a rule that will provide EPA, its partners, and the public with the largest-ever dataset of PFAS manufactured and used in the United States. 

• [Blog] Government shutdown threatens progress on ‘forever chemicals’

  Policy

  28 Sep 2023

  Efforts by some Republicans to shut down the federal government could delay progress on addressing the contamination crisis caused by the toxic “forever chemicals” known as PFAS. 

• [Opinion] Dunleavy’s veto of ‘forever chemicals’ ban betrays Alaskans and harms our health

  Policy

  6 Sep 2023

  With the stroke of his veto pen, Gov. Mike Dunleavy blatantly betrayed the voters of Alaska, people in communities affected by PFAS, as well as the 58 of 60 members of the Alaska State House and Senate who worked across party lines to pass a bill, House Bill 51, that would have been a significant step toward preventing further harm from these dangerous chemicals.

• How Should We Interpret the New Water Quality Regulations for Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances?

  Science

  23 Aug 2023 | ACS ES&T Water

  Proposed PFAS regulations should be coherent to minimize exposure and risks and remediation approaches should be balanced to reduce overall exposure across the various sources of exposure.

• PFAS CERCLA Expansion Comment Period Closing

  Policy

  4 Aug 2023

  The public comment period for the CERCLA PFAS proposed rule closed on November 7, 2022, and the EPA is now undertaking a review of the comments and will have the opportunity to determine whether to modify the rule before issuing a final rule.

• Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban ‘forever chemicals’ fuels debate

  Policy

  1 Aug 2023

  A European agency is considering sweeping restrictions on fluorinated chemicals used in jet engines, electric cars, refrigeration systems, semiconductors and many consumer products.

• State adopts $70 million plan to help farmers deal with PFAS contamination

  News

  14 Jul 2023 | Press Herald

  The state has finalized a plan on how to spend $70 million in relief funds for Maine farmers whose lives have been upended by toxic chemicals left behind by a now-defunct state-approved sludge spreading program.

• EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure

  Policy

  11 Jul 2023

  Leaked documents show that as little as 1% of products containing hazardous substances could be prohibited.

• EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure

  News

  11 Jul 2023 | The Guardian

  The European Commission is poised to break a promise to outlaw all but the most essential of Europe’s hazardous chemicals, leaked documents show.

• [Video] The PFAS Cover-up

  News

  29 Jun 2023 | Zembla

  In the ‘PFAS Cover-up’ Zembla uncovers what PFAS-producers Dupont and 3M knew of the dangers of their chemicals.

• PFAS bill could impose bans

  Policy

  23 Jun 2023

  Following years of a piecemeal approach to PFAS contamination and more than a year after a task force unanimously recommended 30 steps to deal with the problem, environmental groups, consumer advocates, firefighters and the Attorney General’s Office came before the Public Health Committee this week to push for legislation that would represent the state’s most significant step toward curbing “forever chemicals.”

• 'This Is the First Step': Minnesota Passes Most Comprehensive PFAS Ban in the Nation

  Policy

  26 May 2023

  The ban forms part of H.F. 2310—an omnibus environment bill—and is one of the many new policies to come out of what progressives say is a "transformational" legislative session for the state.