New Mexico Can’t Order PFAS Cleanups For Now, Air Force Says
New Mexico can’t base a PFAS cleanup order on a federal waste law unless the EPA issues final rules authorizing that, the Department of Justice said in a brief filed Monday.
New Mexico can’t base a PFAS cleanup order on a federal waste law unless the EPA issues final rules authorizing that, the Department of Justice said in a brief filed Monday.
PFAS levels in bottled water are under the FDA’s scrutiny as it decides whether to limit chemicals in products sold by a $62 billion industry.
A proposed class of consumers suing Target on Monday voluntarily withdrew its lawsuit alleging the chain deceptively marketed some of its bandages as “sterile” while containing harmful per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
A new EPA rule requiring most lead drinking water pipes to be replaced nationwide by 2037 will reduce the risk of lead poisoning, but federal funding is insufficient for utilities to meet the mandate and court challenges are practically guaranteed.
Flumgio Technology Inc. didn’t disclose that its disposable vape products contain elevated concentrations of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances known as “forever chemicals,” a proposed consumer class action alleged.
Coterie Baby Inc., a self-described high-performance baby products company, convinced a federal judge to dismiss a proposed class action alleging it misled consumers by advertising its diapers were free from harmful chemicals despite containing PFAS.
States across the US are working to regulate and legislate “forever chemicals” with efforts from funding research to creating new environmental standards. Bloomberg Law is tracking these state-level regulatory and legislative developments in the PFAS State Activity Tracker.
The EPA says more than 600 PFAS chemicals are in the marketplace in the U.S. While states are racing to regulate PFAS, while the federal government lags.
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