The EPA automatically adds nine PFAS chemicals to the Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) list pursuant to the Fiscal Year 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) and after finding some PFAS chemicals could no longer be claimed as confidential business information, and as a result, the persons/facilities required to annually report TRI data to the EPA…
Partner Jeffrey Dintzer discusses the EPA’s latest changes to PFAS reporting to the Toxic Release Inventory, noting potential economic issues from the new regulations. December 7, 2022 | Bloomberg Law
The Third Circuit denied the EPA’s motion to dismiss the Chemours Company FC, LLC’s (“Chemours”) petition to review the EPA’s health advisories for PFAS chemicals – rejecting the EPA’s argument that the advisories are simply informational tools rather than final agency rules. In its initial petition, Chemours asserted that the health advisories relied on faulty…
A Sixth Circuit panel affirmed the district court’s decision to award a plaintiff a $40 million verdict against E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.’s (“DuPont”) for allegedly contaminating drinking water with PFAS, and in so doing, causing the plaintiff’s testicular cancer. The Sixth Circuit panel agreed with the lower court’s decision to apply…
This study estimates population toxicokinetics, such as PFAS half-lives and volumes of distribution, using an integrative approach that combines individual-level data from multiple studies on drinking water contamination. December 1, 2022 | Environmental Health Perspectives