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PFAS
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Food Safety News
Voluntary phase-out by industry of certain PFAS used in food packaging
By News Desk
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is announcing a voluntary phase-out of certain types of grease-proofing agents on paper and paperboard food packaging. This phase-out comes after an FDA post-market…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
NY Sets New Standards for Drinking Water Contaminants
Napoli Shkonilk PLLC supports New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s announcement regarding “forever chemicals” and 1,4-Dioxane. This is a first-in-the-nation drinking water standard for emerging contaminant 1,4-Dioxane. Maximum contaminant limits…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
Michigan Creates New PFAS In Drinking Water Standards
By Thomas Wilczak, Todd Fracassi, Gregory Narsh, AnnMarie Sanford, Mitchell Guc
On July 27, the Michigan Legislature’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) filed new administrative rules and rule amendments concerning Michigan’s drinking water standards with the Michigan Secretary of State’s…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
State AFFF takeback programs may provide appropriate disposal options for local authorities and other users of older PFAS-containing foams
As more states develop regulatory standards for PFAS, many are also recognizing that certain formulations of firefighting foams that were manufactured into the early 2000s or earlier contain legacy PFAS…
Food Safety News
New York likely to become Third State to ban PFAS in food packaging
By Dan Flynn
A bill to ban the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances known as PFAS, that are a group of man-made chemicals that includes PFOA, PFOS, GenX, and many other chemicals in…
NY Disability Law Blog
Amendment to the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act Targets Forever Chemicals
Representative Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., heads a new amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that is designed to scale back the risks of exposure to toxic fluorinated chemicals known as…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
California’s PFAS Investigation Expands to Include Wastewater Treatment Plants
The California State Water Resources Control Board (Water Board) has issued Order WQ 2020-0015-DWQ, requiring Publicly Owned Treatment Works (POTWs) with dry weather design flows greater than 1 million gallons per day…
Hunton Retail Law Resource
Is a Wave of PFAS Consumer Class Actions on the Horizon?
Two putative class actions recently filed in the Northern District of California preview a new theory of consumer claims relating to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Rather than rely on alleged…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
Costs and Benefits of Regulating to PPT Not Yet Understood
The economic impact -- both costs and benefits -- of the issuance of low parts per trillion standards for nearly ubiquitous PFAS compounds is something that will become clearer as…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
Delaware: Pending PFAS Legislation
The Delaware General Assembly has recently introduced two PFAS-related bills. House Bill 337, introduced on May 29, 2020 and amended on June 16, 2020, would require the Department of Health…