On September 17, 2020, the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) announced the publication of the final version of its latest scientific opinion on the risk to human health from the presence of PFAS in food. The EFSA determined that a tolerable weekly intake (TWI)...
Shareholder David Goldman recently completed 20 hours of a volunteer lawyer program created to assist the Rhode Island District Court in the adjudication of tenancy and eviction cases. As set out by Chief Judge Jeanne E. LaFazia, the program's goal is to provide...
Today, we put our spotlight on CMBG3’s Chenelle Brown, the firm’s Director of Government Affairs and Public Relations. Chenelle was recently voted in as the newest Board member of the Alliance for Business Leadership, a non-partisan coalition of CEOs, entrepreneurs,...
CMBG3's Eric Robbie was quoted in a Yahoo!Finance article yesterday, which examined whether the White House, if it were a private business, would have faced liability issues due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 among White House staff. Eric's comments provided...
We previously reported on the Toxic Free Cosmetics Act (Assembly Bill 2762) out of California, which was passed by the California legislature and sent to the Governor for signature or veto on August 30, 2020. Today, Governor Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law,...
Yesterday, California Governor Gavin Newson signed into law SB-1044 (Firefighting Equipment and Foam: PFAS Chemicals). The bill is in essence a PFAS firefighting foam ban and many environmentalists are heralding the bill as strong step forward in eliminating...
On September 26, 2020, several members of the CMBG3 team participated in a virtual run / walk to raise awareness and funds for St. Jude Children's Hospital, which resulted in over $1,000 going towards the amazing work of St. Jude's. St. Jude's Children's Hospital...
We recently reported on New Hampshire's legislation that set maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) and Ambient Groundwater Quality Standards (AGQS) for four types of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The PFAS levels in NH set by the bill were passed into...
A new study regarding the health effects of the much heralded PFAS named "GenX" shows results that compare in some ways to PFOA studies. While testing of GenX toxicity on human health is still in its infancy, the study will nonetheless undoubtedly be used by...
On June 15, 2020, the EU published Regulation (EU) 2020/784 that amends current EU legislation restricting the use of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The new regulation specifically restricts the use perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), its salts and PFOA-related...