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As of June 2024, 11 U.S. states and two territories have passed statewide legislation to explicitly ban polystyrene foam: In 2019, Maryland was the first state to enact a ban, which went into effect on October 1, 2020. [79] Bans were also passed that year in Maine and Vermont, with both states' laws taking effect on July 1, 2021. [80] [81]
Last week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors unanimously voted in support of the ban and is expected to do the same during a final vote. Once in effect, the law would give the city’s fire ...
PFAS have been a subject of multiple lawsuits worldwide. [247] [248] [249] In the United States, settlements stemming from PFAS pollution claims have reached $18 billion by 2024. [250] In 2023, Sweden's Supreme Court set a legal precedent by awarding damages to citizens who were supplied PFAS contaminated drinking water. [251]
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced that the state has sued the manufacturers of 'forever chemicals' such as PFAS, which are linked to cancer. California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta sues makers of ...
Oct. 15—It costs between $50 and $100 to produce a pound of a product containing forever chemicals. But if those chemicals infect a public water system, cleanup can cost millions per pound ...
A new EU drinking water directive issued in 2020 adopted PFAS limit values. The limit values are 0.1 μg/L for the sum of 20 PFASs including PFHxS, and 0.5 μg/L for the sum of all PFASs. This directive is binding for all EU member nations. It is a minimum directive, and member states can elect to adopt stricter regulations. [19]
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The following is a list of chemicals published as a requirement of Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, commonly known as California Proposition 65, that are "known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity" as of January 3, 2020. [1]