On October 23, 2025 at 10:30am, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) will hold a hearing that is titled "Examining the Beneficial Use and Regulation of Chemicals", which may provide clues about upcoming TSCA reforms. The hearing was convened by...
John Gardella was interviewed for and quoted in Chemical Watch's recent article regarding the dismissal of a New York lawsuit against a juice company in which it was alleged that the juice contained PFAS, yet the company marketed its product as "all natural." The...
California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986 (“Proposition 65” or “Prop 65”) was passed with the intention of providing consumers with information regarding potential exposure to chemicals identified as carcinogens and/or reproductive toxicants....
We have previously reported on EPA’s PFAS TRI efforts, which during the Biden administration saw a significant expansion in the number of PFAS regulated. Today, the EPA announced that it will add another type of PFAS - this time, sodium perfluorohexanesulfonate...
On September 4, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced over 100 actions as part of its upcoming regulatory agenda. These plans were included in the White House's semiannual "Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions," in which every...
On August 21, 2025, the Maine Board of Environmental Protection held its public hearing on its first wave of currently unavoidable use (CUU) determinations under Maine’s PFAS in products law, 38 M.R.S. § 1614, which prohibits the sale of consumer products containing...
On May 29, 2025 the Supreme Court issued its decision in Seven County Infrastructure Coalition v. Eagle County. The case addressed a proposal considered by the U.S. Transportation Board by a group of seven counties in Utah for the construction and operation of an...
Attorney John Gardella was recently interviewed by Home & Gardens magazine for an article the magazine published regarding phthalates in items found in homes. The article explores potential issues with phthalates and explains to readers where in their home and in...
On May 2, 2025, the White House issued its so-called "skinny budget" (essentially a summary version of the complete budget proposal, which will follow later) for fiscal year 2026. EPA funding was referenced in some detail in the skinny budget, with notable reductions...
Ethylene Oxide (EtO) is an industrial solvent widely used as a sterilizing agent for medical and other equipment that cannot otherwise be sterilized by heat/steam. EtO may also be used as a component for producing other chemicals, including glycol and polyglycol...