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Manufacturers of aqueous film forming foams (AFFF) have been attempting to reduce their liability from the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in their products for many years. However, two recent court rulings are not in favor of the manufacturers who were well aware of the health risks associated with PFOA and PFOS.
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Effective communication in this era of heightened anxieties surrounding water safety and environmental crises begins with identifying and developing an appropriate messaging strategy.
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On September 15, 2022, Judge Richard Mark Gergel of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina denied 3M’s latest attempt to evade liability for harm caused by “forever chemicals” it manufactured — per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — that were contained in aqueous film forming foams (AFFF).
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Over the past several years, PFAS has been a major regulatory and legislative priority for many Maine Water Utilities Association’s members. In this interview, MUWA member and SL Environmental Law Group attorney Ashley Campbell shares her knowledge about PFAS as a member of the nation’s leading consortium of attorneys holding polluters accountable for PFAS contamination.
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It took one lawsuit to expose the toxicity of PFAS. And more than two decades of litigation to begin to address the harm it has caused.
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A nationwide multidistrict litigation (MDL) lawsuit over PFAS contamination, filed by 100 water and wastewater systems, is making progress in a South Carolina federal district court. The water provider cases are one subset of approximately 2,500 + cases pending in the MDL, but the court has selected the water provider cases as bellwether cases, meaning those cases will be tried first.
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The EPA recently announced new health advisories for the two most commonly found forms of PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), to 0.004 parts per trillion (ppt) and 0.02 ppt, respectively. While it’s not entirely surprising that the new advisories cut the safe level of PFOA by more than 17,000 times, this news has prompted several questions from water suppl
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One of the nation’s leading manufacturers of products that caused PFAS contamination has failed in its attempt to invalidate New York’s maximum contamination levels for PFAS.
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How do the PFAS health advisories impact legal recourse for utilities? Find out in this Water & Waste Digest interview with SL attorney Ashley Campbell.
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When aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, was introduced 50 years ago, its effectiveness at firefighting made it popular with emergency personnel at airports and military bases. Its effectiveness came at a cost, but airport and firefighting personnel were never told of the health consequences.
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