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Washington state – which has a sweeping PFAS ban in effect that includes firefighting foam, food packaging and cosmetics – is considering adding turnout gear and other items to the list.
PFAS have been a subject of multiple lawsuits worldwide. [250] [251] [252] In the United States, settlements stemming from PFAS pollution claims have reached $18 billion by 2024. [253] In 2023, Sweden's Supreme Court set a legal precedent by awarding damages to citizens who were supplied PFAS contaminated drinking water. [254]
On Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized limits on certain common types of PFAS chemicals in drinking water. It is the first time a nationwide limit on so-called forever ...
As of September 2022, there are 186 parties to the convention (185 states and the European Union). [1] Notable non-ratifying states include the United States, Israel, and Malaysia. The Stockholm Convention was adopted to EU legislation in Regulation (EC) No 850/2004. [3] In 2019, the latter was replaced by Regulation (EU) 2019/1021. [4]
The Clean Water Act requires that state environmental agencies complete TMDLs for impaired waters and that the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review and approve / disapprove those TMDLs. [4] Because both state and federal governments are involved in completing TMDLs, the TMDL program is an example of cooperative federalism ...
The Rhode Island PFAS law required required all 170 of the state’s major drinking water suppliers to test for the chemicals by July 1 of last year and report their results to the health ...
2017 PFAS are on the Government of Canada's 2019 chart of substances prohibited by the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA) and by the Prohibition of Certain Toxic Substances Regulations, 2012. These substances are under these regulations because they are "among the most harmful" and "have been declared toxic to the environment ...
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed into law Thursday a bill that would phase out the use of PFAS, a group of toxic industrial compounds, in firefighters’ protective gear. The chemicals ...