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PHOENIX — Attorney General Kris Mayes is suing several major companies for producing and selling “forever chemicals” that they knew or should have known are hazardous.

The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has now identified 19 drinking water utilities that have levels of PFAS above federal health guidelines.

USDA Trade Undersecretary Alexis Taylor is set to lead a trade mission to Japan next week, offering American government and private-sector officials the chance to work directly with the fourth-largest foreign market for U.S. food and agricultural exports.

BAR HARBOR — Mount Desert Island High School is waiting for a notice of violation from the Department of Environmental Protection on the status of the wastewater pond system. The

In the recent Ontario Court of Appeal decision in Husky Food Importers & Distributors Ltd. v. JH Whittaker & Sons Limited, 2023 ONCA 260, the Court addressed the question of what standard of proof a party would need to meet in order to establish that an agreement to arbitrate exists, such that a stay of a court proceeding should be granted and the dispute referred to arbitration under Section 9 of Ontarios International Commercial Arbitration Act. The Court found that the applicable standard of ...

New Mexico Environment Department Secretary James Kenney compared the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed drinking water standards for PFAS to chapter one in a novel. The public comment period for the EPA’s proposed maximum contaminant level for PFAS in drinking water closes on May 30, although there have been calls for the EPA to extend […]

The European Chemicals Agency ECHA released on February 7 its long-awaited restriction proposal for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the European Union under the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals REACH regulations

The Government of Canada published a Draft State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances PFAS Report” Draft Report and Risk Management Scope for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances PFAS Risk Management Scope on May 20, 2023. The Draft Report contains a draft assessment of the potential risks of PFAS, and proposes to conclude that all substances in the class of PFAS have the potential to cause harm to the environment and human health.

Residents in western Tokyo have been testing themselves to measure their exposure, with results showing levels of the chemicals that could bring long-term health risks.

Rhode Island’s AG lawsuit targets companies that manufactured PFAS and AFFF products, the lawsuit alleging that the AFFF products have cause considerable damage to the environment in the state of Rhode Island and is seeking PFAS remediation costs from various manufacturers