Arizona, Arkansas, Maryland, New Mexico, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington joined Rhode Island and other states that had previously filed lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers. Alleging harm to their natural resources and property as well as threats to public health and safety, these states seek to recover mounting costs associated with investigating, testing for, and remediating PFAS…
Washington residents filed suit against 3M Co. and other companies for alleged PFAS contamination in groundwater in due to the use of aqueous film-forming foam and its component products in Yakima County, Washington. Plaintiff complained that the alleged PFAS contamination began in the 1960s and continues to present date. May 11, 2023 | Coosa River…
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia stayed litigation challenging de minimis exemptions for PFAS Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting. The plaintiff environmentalists’ suit alleges the EPA’s rule allowing the de minimis exemption to apply to PFAS violates the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the federal law authorizing TRI, as well as…
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…
Washington State’s Department of Corrections is seeking $2.45 million from the United States due to the Air Forces’ alleged use of firefighting foam at Airway Heights Corrections Center. According to the DOC, the aqueous foam contaminated groundwater at its food manufacturing facility two miles away causing a manufacturing stoppage at and a recall on food…