Call to Phase Out ‘Forever Chemicals’ Gains Investor Momentum December 5, 2022 By Simon Jessop Investors managing $8 trillion in assets have written to the world’s biggest chemicals companies urging them to phase out the...
Plastic Pollution Could Trigger $20 Billion in Lawsuit Payouts October 14, 2022 Litigation could cost the plastics industry and its insurers $20 billion in the US over the next eight years, according...
Viewpoint: Significant Ruling in PFAS Litigation Could Impact Insurance Coverage September 23, 2022 By Sara C. Tilitz and Lynndon K. Groff Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, have served as a key component in numerous industrial and consumer products...
Biden Administration to Declare ‘Forever Chemicals’ Hazardous Substances August 30, 2022 By Valerie Volcovici The Biden administration said on Friday it will propose designating certain “forever chemicals” as hazardous substances under the nation’s Superfund...
‘Forever Chemicals’ Pose Risk Even at Very Low Levels: EPA June 20, 2022 By Matthew Daly The Environmental Protection Agency is warning that two nonstick and stain-resistant compounds found in drinking water are more dangerous than...
Pressure Growing to Remove PFAS from Fast Food Wrappers June 8, 2022 By Michael Casey Brenda Hampton first came across the toxic industrial compound PFAS after finding it was part of the cocktail of contaminants...
Massachusetts Joins States Suing Makers, Marketers of ‘Forever Chemicals’ May 27, 2022 By Mark Pratt Massachusetts has sued more than a dozen companies involved in the manufacture or marketing of so-called forever chemicals, alleging they...
Maine Attorney General Plans to Sue PFAS Manufacturers May 18, 2022 Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey said the state is preparing for a lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called forever chemicals. Frey...
EPA Launches Strategy to Regulate Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’ October 20, 2021 By Matthew Daly The Biden administration said it is launching a broad strategy to regulate toxic industrial compounds associated with serious health conditions...
3M Offers $98M to Settle Tennessee River ‘Forever’ Chemicals Claims October 20, 2021 By Sebastien Malo Industrial conglomerate 3M Co on Tuesday said it had agreed to pay about $98.4 million to settle claims that it...