Legal Resources
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...
Ethylene Oxide Litigation Sees Major Ruling Out of Georgia
We recently reported on the first Ethylene Oxide (EtO) verdict which resulted in a $363 million award to an Illinois plaintiff who alleged she developed cancer as the result of emissions from a medical sterilization facility in that state. Just a few days after the...
PFAS Health Advisories See Arguments In Court
On June 15, 2022, the EPA issued Health Advisories (HAs) for five specific PFAS, including GenX PFAS chemicals. The PFAS GenX health advisories set levels at 10ppt for this chemical group. On July 13, 2022, The Chemours Co. filed a petition in the Third Circuit...
$54 Million PFAS Settlement By Downstream Business
Last week, the parties in litigation in Michigan announced to the Court that they had reached an agreement to resolve the environmental pollution claims pertaining to PFAS land contamination. The PFAS settlement was for the sum of $54 million. The lawsuit was brought...
EPA Under Fire For Overdue Ethylene Oxide Regulations
As we noted in our last report, on September 19, 2022, a Cook County (Illinois) jury awarded $363 million to a plaintiff who alleged that she developed breast cancer as a result of ethylene oxide emissions from the Sterigenics Willowbrook plant. This was the first...
Is the European PFAS Litigation Wave Beginning?
For the past few years, the European PFAS litigation has largely escaped being at the forefront of PFAS news articles, as the EU and member states' efforts to enact regulations and the U.S. PFAS litigation dominated the daily updates. Recently, however, PFAS...
Ethylene Oxide Verdict First of Its Kind, and It’s Eye Opening!
Our prior reports discussed when an ethylene oxide case would go to verdict, and what the ensuing result would look like. We no longer need to speculate. On September 19, 2022, a Cook County (Illinois) jury awarded $363 million to a plaintiff who alleged that she...