The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on January 26, 2024 a list of specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that trigger reporting requirements under EPA’s recently promulgated Toxic Substances...more
The California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), State Water Resources Control Board, and San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (collectively, CalEPA VI Workgroup) published their final draft...more
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two bills banning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in textiles and cosmetics on September 29, 2022, while simultaneously vetoing a bill that would have required...more
The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) recently took steps pursuant to the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, better known as Proposition...more
Proposition 65 mandates that companies doing business in California provide warnings about exposures to chemicals listed as known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. The California Office of Environmental...more
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California's Department of Toxic Substances Control recently proposed to add carpets and rugs containing perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a Priority Product under the state’s Safer Consumer Products...more
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAs) continue to garner national attention as emerging chemicals of concern. On November 10, 2017, two prominent forms of PFAs—perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane...more
The modifications significantly change both the AG’s Regulations and OEHHA’s Clear and Reasonable Warnings provisions. California’s Office of Administrative Law recently approved important changes to two sets of Proposition...more
California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment takes action to address BPA exposures and upcoming warning requirements under Proposition 65.
On March 17, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard...more