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California Requires New Cookware Chemical Labeling Requirements by January 1st

Cookware sold in California will be required to have chemical ingredient information disclosed on the product website by the new year. While part of a wave of legislation focused on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances…

New Study Identifies Over 57,000 Sites "Presumptively Contaminated" with PFAS

A new paper from Northeastern University’s PFAS Project Lab and researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) reaches the sobering conclusion that over 57,000 sites in the U.S. have…

California Bans PFAS "Forever Chemicals" in Clothing, Textiles, and Cosmetics

California joined the growing list of states to ban products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) when, on September 29th, Governor Newsom signed into law legislation prohibiting the so-called…

Maine Makes a Bold Move in Banning Most PFAS-Containing Products

Last month, the Maine legislature introduced broad and sweeping restrictions on a range of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”). These restrictions are some of the most comprehensive in the…

A Brief History of PFAS Litigation

Readers of this blog may be interested in a new article from Water Finance & Management, A Legal History of PFAS . The article highlights the early discovery of certain PFAS, their toxicity and persistence, how the…