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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 ...
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 ...
Massachusetts this month became the second state to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, from firefighter protective gear after Connecticut approved the first legislation of its kind ...
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]
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) is a United States law, passed by the Congress in 1976 and administered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), that regulates chemicals not regulated by other U.S. federal statutes, [1] including chemicals already in commerce and the introduction of new chemicals.
The law recognizes that states should lead in carrying out the Clean Air Act, because pollution control problems often require special understanding of local conditions such as geography, industrial activity, transportation and housing patterns. However, states are not allowed to have weaker controls than the national minimum criteria set by EPA.
(The Center Square) – Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced he will be proposing spending $145 million to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the state’s drinking water in his ...
Since then, 3M has continued to use PFAs in a variety of products, with Scotchgard being the most well known and commercially lucrative. [4] Until the early 2000s, waste from the production of PFAs was dumped at four sites in Minnesota, the Washington County Landfill, the 3M Cottage Grove Chemolite Site, the 3M Woodbury site, and the 3M Oakdale ...