New Jersey federal district court judge Madeline Cox Arleo denied DuPont and Corteva’s jurisdictional arguments and allowed water utility Suez Water New Jersey’s claims for public nuisance, economic injury, and product liability design-defect and failure-to-warn to survive the motion to dismiss. October 14, 2021 | Suez Water New Jersey, Inc. v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours,…
The cross-sectional study examined prenatal PFAS levels in relation to self-reported consumption of meats, dairy products, and processed foods during pregnancy. October 12, 2021 | Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology
A review of published literature was conducted to present the concentrations and composition profiles of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from significant sources to the environment. The characteristic compounds and concentrations are summarized as found from direct sources such as manufacturing facilities, aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) applications, metal coating operations, and textile and paper coating…
This study investigates how much information is available on the types and functions of PFAS in these uses, how much information is available on alternatives to the use of PFAS in various products, their performance and hazardous properties and, finally, whether this information is sufficient as a basis for deciding on the essentiality of a…
Judge Nancy E. Brasel of the District Court of Minnesota dismissed an investor suit against 3M, ruling that stockholders had not met the heightened pleading burden established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act to proceed with allegations that 3M hid its liability risk related to PFAS. Judge Brasel determined that the complaint failed to…