The ESG Report – Cally Edgren on Forever Chemicals
State AG Pulse | AGs to Forever Chemicals Cos: We Want More Money and We Want It Now
PFAS in Focus: Forever-Engineering With Trent Stober, HDR - Reflections on Water Podcast
PFAS in Focus: Wastewater Utility Perspectives From Jay Hoskins, Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District - Reflections on Water Podcast
PFAS in Focus: Show-Me Insights From Chris Wieberg, Missouri Department of Natural Resources - Reflections on Water Podcast
[Podcast] Catching Up on Canadian Environmental Regulation
PFAS: Increasing Regulations and Managing Legal Liability
PFAS Regulatory Update: EPA Issues Updated Drinking Water Health Advisories
Drinking Water on Tap: Money, Morality, and More with Tracy Mehan from the American Water Works Association - Reflections on Water Podcast
EPA Plan Changes PFAS Outlook For Companies, Regulators
2BInformed: Understanding the EPA’s New PFAS Strategic Roadmap and Upcoming PBT Regulations
2BInformed: Overview of PFAS and Related EPA Regulations; EPA’s New Chemical Program Under Amended TSCA
Starting 2BInformed: The Inaugural Episode of the Podcast Series, ‘2BInformed,’ with Baptist and Bertrand
The Great Green North: A Discussion on Canada’s Environmental Regulations
Forever Chemicals: What They are and What is being Done to Minimize Their Impact
What are PFAS and Why Should We Care?
With 2025 underway, the AFS Consumer Products team highlights some of the most pressing legal issues facing the consumer products industry this year....more
If the first two waves of PFAS litigation focused on impacts to natural resources—namely groundwater—and personal injury claims alleging exposure to PFAS, the third wave of PFAS litigation has certainly arrived. Originally...more
On August 16, 2022, US Congress enacted Reese’s Law, which aims to protect children from ingestion hazards associated with certain lithium batteries found in consumer electronics. The law stems from the death of 18-month-old...more
On September 20, 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a Federal Register Notice to request information on PFAS from “all stakeholders such as consumers, manufacturers and importers, government...more
On September 20, 2023, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a Federal Register Notice and Request for Information asking for public comment about the use and presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) published a request for information (RFI) on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used in commerce or potentially used in consumer products, potential exposures...more
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently published a request for information (RFI) on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) “used in commerce or potentially used in consumer products,” and as directed...more
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) recently released a Request for Information (RFI) to gather information from all stakeholders to better understand the potential presence and uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more
Key Takeaways - • What is happening? The Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC) published a request for information (RFI) on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) used in consumer products, potential human...more
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is initiating a wide-ranging data collection effort on the use and presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products. As detailed in a September 30...more
PFAS-Containing Consumer Products Under Attack in California - Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are present in a variety of consumer products. PFAS have been increasingly targeted in laws and regulations and...more
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) will take a hard and fast approach to product safety in FY23, according to its recently passed operating plan, with enforcement being at the top of its priority list....more
Key developments - The most recent article in Foley & Lardner’s Supply Chain Disruption Series provides an overview of current issues affecting the production and supply of lithium-ion batteries . Click here to subscribe...more
As the global economy faces the third year of the pandemic, manufacturers are no longer focused on figuring out when things will return to “normal.” Instead, they are applying lessons learned from the past few years to become...more
Mounting public and regulatory concerns regarding widespread phthalate exposure may result in a rapid expansion of regulatory and litigation risk for impacted businesses. Phthalates are chemicals found in a wide range of...more