State attorneys general are criticizing the EPA for not taking a stronger A report from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services may result in the listing of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) – one of the most widely produced compounds of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – as a carcinogen under California’s Proposition 65. This…
Plaintiff alleges that her deceased husband’s exposure to PFAS in fire foam during his nearly 40-year firefighting career led to the leukemia that resulted in his death. July 17, 2020 | In re Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2873 (D.S.C.)
Lakewood Water District in Washington sued the Department of Defense, Air Force, Army and PFAS manufacturers, alleging it will pay over $377 million in attempts to mitigate PFAS contamination from firefighting foam used on Joint Base Lewis-McChord. The Water District is seeking transfer of the case to the South Carolina AFFF MDL. July 16, 2020 | Lakewood…
Plaintiff Frank Tigar, who worked as a firefighter in North Carolina for decades, sued AFFF manufacturers as a result of two cancer diagnoses he alleges were caused by career PFAS exposure. June 29, 2020 | In re Aqueous Film-Forming Foams Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 2873 (D.S.C.)
Residents of Saratoga Sites, a public housing complex next to a Norlite incinerator in Cohoes, New York, have filed an intent to sue Norlite, its parent company, EPA, and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation in federal court over Norlite’s historical and continuing burning of firefighter foam. June 23, 2020