On May 3, 2023, Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced five bills in the U.S. Senate proposing several PFAS liability exemptions to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”)....more
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In the absence of comprehensive federal regulation of PFAS in food packaging, states are dishing out their own laws. Thus far, eleven states have enacted laws concerning PFAS substances in food containers and packaging...more
PFAS are currently the subject of significant regulatory action, research, litigation, and public debate based on recent reports which claim that two PFAS, Perfluorooctanoic Acid (“PFOA”) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate...more
PFAS are currently the subject of significant regulatory action, research, litigation, and public debate based on recent reports which claim that two PFAS, Perfluorooctanoic Acid (“PFOA”) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate...more