John Gardella was recently interviewed by John O'Brien of news outlet Legal Newsline on the topic of PFAS ("As Maine Aims To Ban Carpets, Concerns Emerge With Pending PFAS Legislation"). Specifically, Mr. Gardella provided his opinions on recent legislation proposed...
PFAS medical monitoring costs is not a new topic for the litigation - it is something that plaintiffs' counsel push for either as a damages component to a cause of action or as a term for settlement negotiations in PFAS cases. Yet, to date, very few states allow for...
PFAS in cosmetics has received steadily increasing media attention and with the publication of a June 15, 2021 scientific study in the Journal of Environmental Science and Technology Letters, the attention on this issue suddenly increased significantly at the...
On June 11, 2021, Attorney Jessica Deyoe's article "Whose PFAS Is It Anyway? Legal Defensibility of Nonstandard Environmental Analysis", co-authored by Brian Drollette of Exponent, was published in the American Bar Association's Journal. The article examines the...
Yesterday, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took three new actions related to PFAS, each of them significant to companies in the United States. The new EPA PFAS announcements included: (1) issuing a proposed rule that will gather comprehensive data on more...
For the past few years, two Georgia PFAS lawsuits have quietly worked their way through the legal system, both of which center on PFAS water contamination issues in the Northern Georgia region (the "carpet capital of the world"). In short, the lawsuits allege that the...
In March 2021, we reported on a PFAS paper mill lawsuit in Maine, which was a class action lawsuit was filed in Maine by residents of Fairfield, Maine, alleging that a paper mill company polluted residential land with PFAS. The plaintiffs allege that the PFAS...
On June 3, 2021, a group of NGOs sent a petition to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) asking the agency to ban "all long- and short-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as food contact substances” and to, unless evidence exists otherwise, reassess...
In order to honor our veterans, give back to veterans and their families in need, and to bring awareness to the CMBG3 team about the mental health issues that our returning soldiers face, the CMBG3 Cares group (which is the charitable arm of the firm that ensures that...
Increasing his visibility in the New England region among corporations, experts and environmental professionals, Attorney John Gardella recently joined the Environmental Business Council, New England (EBC). EBC, a nonprofit organization, was established in 1990 by...