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...
Company Defends Use of Toxic Chemicals to Fight Illinois Plant Fire July 2, 2021 By John Flesher A company whose northern Illinois chemical plant was heavily damaged in a fire defended its use of firefighting foam containing...
Half of Cosmetics Contain Toxic PFAS Chemicals June 17, 2021 By Matthew Daly More than half the cosmetics sold in the United States and Canada are awash with a toxic industrial compound associated...
Praedicat Develops Insurance Tool for COVID-19 Liability November 23, 2020 Praedicat, the Los Angeles-based liability emerging risk modeling firm, has developed an insurance tool for the casualty insurance market, which...
Wisconsin Officials Draft Water Quality Standards for PFAS November 9, 2020 Wisconsin health officials have finished drafting new groundwater standards for more than 20 substances, including a dozen types of PFAS...
Wisconsin DNR Board OKs Firefighting Foam Restrictions, Regulations November 2, 2020 Wisconsin environmental regulators have approved an emergency rule that restricts the use of firefighting foam and lays out steps to...
What Is the No. 1 Emerging Litigation Risk? ‘Forever Chemicals,’ Says Praedicat September 17, 2020 By L.S. Howard The top emerging litigation risk identified for the year ahead is PFAS, the so-called “forever chemicals” used in a wide...
Deal Proposed with Chemours, N.C. Regulators, Environmentalists Over Water Pollution August 18, 2020 Regulators and environmental groups in North Carolina says they’ve reached a tentative agreement regarding a lawsuit with the Chemours Co....
Wisconsin Board Delays Rules Setting New Restrictions on PFAS Chemicals August 17, 2020 Environmental regulators in Wisconsin has voted to table rules setting new restrictions on firefighting foam containing PFAS chemicals. The Department...