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Whitney Barrows To Provide Opening Remarks At DRI Asbestos Medicine
CMBG3 Law's Whitney Barrows will be at the DRI Asbestos Medicine Conference in San Diego from November 2 through November 4, 2022, and had the honor of being asked to provide opening remarks and introduce the speakers for the Young Lawyers' Sessions on Thursday,...
John Gardella To Speak At Perrin PFAS Webinar
On November 30, 2022, John Gardella will speak at Perrin's incredibly timely virtual event entitled "One Year Since EPA's PFAS Roadmap - Updates and Preparation for 2023." This free CLE webinar will take place from 2:00 - 3:30pm ET. John and his fellow panelists will...
Prop 65 PFAS Notices Increasing In Number
We previously reported on several significant actions by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) listing six types of PFAS as chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm - PFOA, PFOS, PFDA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFUnDA. At the time,...
PFAS and Environmental Justice Cross Paths Again
Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report detailing its findings with respect to PFAS and environmental justice community impacts. The GAO utilized data from six states (Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio and Vermont)...
Pennsylvania PFAS Drinking Water Standards Set
Last week, Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board voted in favor of establishing drinking water standards for PFOA at 14 parts per trillion (ppt) and PFOS at 18 ppt. The Pennsylvania PFAS drinking water standard would require water companies and municipalities to...
New Jersey PFAS Soil Standards Set
Last year, we provided an update regarding Pennsylvania's ground-breaking PFAS soil standards for remediation. Last week, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published interim soil remediation standards for four PFAS compounds: PFNA, PFOA,...
New York PFAS Drinking Water Standards May Expand
Last week, the New York Department of Health (DOH) proposed adding four PFAS to the New York PFAS drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS. Under the DOH proposal, PFDA, PFNA, PFHxS and PFHpA would be added to the state's regulated chemicals list, with Maximum...
PFAS Drinking Water Rule Proposed By EPA
On Friday, October 7, 2022, the EPA formally sent its proposed PFAS drinking water rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget for consideration and approval or rejection. While the details of the rule under consideration are not yet known, what is evident...
PFAS Personal Injury Set To Begin On MDL?
We previously wrote regarding the presiding Judge's ruling in the PFAS MDL requesting the parties to select three bellwether cases for trial in 2023 and to agree on the order in which they will be tried. The parties agreed that the Stuart (FL) v. 3M, et al. case would...
California PFAS Legislation Will Dramatically Impact Businesses
We previously reported on three significant pieces of California PFAS legislation that were before California's Governor Newsom for ratification. Two of the bills were passed, which means that several categories of products will have applicable PFAS bans. The third...
WHO PFAS Draft Guide Will Impact U.S.
In a significant development related to PFAS, the World Health Organization (WHO) on September 29, 2022 issued a draft "PFOS and PFOS In Drinking-Water" Background Document, which will inform the WHO's recommendations for drinking water guidelines. The WHO PFAS...
PFAS Legislative Developments (September 2022)
September 2022 PFAS Legislative Developments September Legislation Tracking (Sept 1, 2022 – Sept 30, 2022)Current Trends in Legislation – September 2022 Military Installments and PFAs Monitoring Federal Level Key point addressed: Assist with identify reporting on PFAs...