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PFAS
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Napoli Shkolnik Blog
Judge Approves Historic $12.5 Billion 3M Settlement to Clean America’s Water Supplies
Settlement follows $1.18 billion DuPont approval Napoli Shkolnik and the other members of the PFAS Settlement Steering Committee praised U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel’s decision to approve the historic $12.5…
Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog
Property Rights Edition – Irrigation Return Flows; PFAS; and the Quiet Title Act
Cranberry Bogs and the Clean Water ActCourte Oreilles Lakes Association, Inc. v. Zawistowski, No. 3:24-cv-00128 (W.D. Wis. Filed Feb. 28, 2024)The Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of pollutants from…
Sustainability in Business
Latest Updates on Per- and Polyfluorinated Substances (PFAS) – March 2024
European Union PFAS REACH Restriction – The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) issued an update stating that the countries which proposed the restriction on PFAS last year (including Germany, Denmark, the…
HeplerBroom Blog
Illinois Pollution Control Board Moves Forward with PFAS Groundwater Quality Standards
By Melissa S. Brown, Andrea M. Quade
Summarizes announcement by Illinois Pollution Control Board of its proposed amendments to the groundwater quality standards.
The Daily Intake
FDA Issues Import Alert for Food Products Containing Chemical Contaminants including PFAS
On March 19, 2024, FDA issued Import Alert 99-49 (“Detention without Physical Examination of Foods Due to Chemical Contamination”), which recommends that FDA field personnel detain without physical examination products…
frESH
FDA Announces End of PFAS Use in US Food Packaging
By Lianne Mantione, Charli Davis
On February 28, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) published a news release regarding the voluntary market phase-out of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in grease-proofing substances used on food packaging.…
Stafford Rosenbaum Law Blog
Attorney Vanessa Wishart Presents on PFAS Impacts at Wastewater Treatment Plants
Attorney Vanessa Wishart Presents PFAS Impacts at Wastewater Treatment Plants for Wisconsin Wastewater Operators Association On Tuesday, March 19, 2024, Attorney Vanessa Wishart will speak on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)…
Real Estate, Land Use & Environmental Law Blog
PFAS in Food Packaging: The Beginning of the End?
By Whitney Jones Roy, Jeffrey Parker, Natassia Kwan
Has the final bell rung for PFAS in food packaging? On February 28, 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that all grease-proofing agents containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances…
Government Contracts Legal Forum
New Federal and State PFAS Requirements Pose Unique Challenges to the Government Contracting Community
A wave of recent changes in federal and state law pertaining to PFAS chemicals is likely to present both immediate and long-term challenges to the government contracting community. At the…
HeplerBroom Blog
New U.S. EPA PFAS Air Testing Method Shows Progress Toward Emissions Standards
Outlines the use of OTM-50, the new U.S. EPA method to assist in measuring PFAS in air emissions.