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PFAS
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Manufacturing Law Blog
Administrators May Change, But PFAS Is Forever: EPA Announces PFAS Plan
By Megan Baroni, Guest Contributor
This post was co-authored by Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications group partners Jonathan Schaefer and Emilee Mooney Scott and is being shared on our Environmental Law + blog. If you’re interested in getting updates on developments…
Environmental Law +
Administrators May Change, But PFAS Is Forever: EPA Announces PFAS Plan
By Jon Schaefer, Megan Baroni, Emilee Mooney Scott
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), under Administrator Lee Zeldin, has unveiled its anticipated strategy for addressing the pervasive issue of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as…
Gravel2Gavel
PFAS, HFCs and Related Chemicals in the Data Center Industry
By Reza Zarghamee, Sidney L. Fowler
by Reza Zarghamee and Sidney L. Fowler Data centers use various chemicals that have recently been the focus of regulatory efforts at the federal and state level. The historic or…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
EPA Publishes Draft Risk Assessment of PFOA and PFOS in Sewage Sludge
On January 15, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Draft “Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)” for public comment. …
The Daily Intake
FDA Releases Results from Bottled Water PFAS Testing
FDA recently shared the final results from the testing of domestic and imported bottled water collected at retail locations across the U.S. for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Of the…
Policyholder Pulse
The Latest on PFAS: What Policyholders Need to Know Now
By Marcus Leonard, Reza Zarghamee, Jay Konkel, Tamara D. Bruno, David F. Klein
We have previously written on the evolving risks associated with PFAS—also known as “forever chemicals”—and their implications for policyholders navigating environmental liabilities involving both PFAS and PFAS-related chemicals (i.e., fluorinated…
Food Safety News
Dutch told to avoid backyard eggs because of PFAS risk
By News Desk
People in the Netherlands have been advised not to eat home-produced eggs because of high amounts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The National Institute for Public Health and the…
Legal Theory Blog
MacLean on Regulatory Capture and Forever Chemicals
Jason MacLean has posted Prima Facie Regulatory Capture: Lessons from EPA's Regulation of Glyphosate and PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' (26 Minn. J.L. Sci. & Tech. 1 (2025)). Here is the abstract:…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q1 2025
PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the first quarter of 2025. We will continue to update these…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
EPA Requests Additional 30-Day Abeyance in PFAS Drinking Water Rule Litigation
On April 8, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit extend the abeyance in the challenge to EPA’s Final Rule…