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...
At the end of August, numerous members of the CMBG3 team on both the East Coast and West Coast participated in a backpack drive for charity. The firm purchased 175 backpacks and all requested school items to go into each backpack that our two supported organization -...
Seta Accaoui is spearheading an effort to support some of the most vulnerable occupants of Lebanon: Armenian orphans in Anjar, who have now survived a global pandemic, an economic crisis, and most recently an explosion that rocked the country. The damage inflicted is...
On August 30, 2020, the California legislature passed Assembly Bill 2762, the Toxic-Free Cosmetics Act. The bill would ban 12 chemicals, including PFAS, mercury, and endocrine disruptors, from cosmetics and other personal care products made in or sold to the state of...
In January 2020, a PFAS bill was introduced in the Vermont Senate ("An Act Relating To Restrictions On Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Other Chemicals of Concern In Consumer Products") that would significantly impact the sale of certain...
Environmental watch groups, legislators, the media, and litigators have all squarely focused on PFAS contamination in one primary source - water. More specifically, drinking water. Environmental groups test local water supplies and report PFAS counts, politicians...
On Monday, EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler stated during an interview with The USA Today Network that a manufacturer of various PFAS should switch its production to "newer, less dangerous" forms of PFAS, including the GenX class of PFAS. The statement came in advance...
CMBG3 recognizes and honors Women's Equality Day, and the courageous and hard-fought efforts that suffragists undertook over 150 years in order to give all women in this country the right to vote via the 19th Amendment and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. This year, we...
California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (CDTSC) is holding a public consultation on its proposal to regulate plant fiber-based food packaging containing PFAS as a Priority Product under the Safer Consumer Products (SCP) regulations. Under the regulations,...
Congratulations to Jeniffer A.P. Carson, who was recently admitted to the Connecticut Bar as a licensed attorney to practice in that state. With her ability to practice in Connecticut, Mrs. Carson is now able to practice in three states (Massachusetts, Connecticut,...