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June 2024 Bounty Hunter Plaintiff Claims

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Exploring Trends in California’s Proposition 65: Claims, Chemicals, Products, and More - California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”), the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires, among other things,...more

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UK Government consults stakeholders on changes to UK REACH

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On 16 May 2024, the UK Government launched an open consultation seeking stakeholders' views on various government proposals and policy options aimed at facilitating the transition of companies from EU REACH to UK REACH, and...more

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November 2023 Bounty Hunter Plaintiff Claims

Exploring Trends in California’s Proposition 65: Claims, Chemicals, Products, and More - California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”), the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires, among other things,...more

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Delaware AG Files PFAS Suit Against Numerous Companies

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On October 26, Delaware Attorney General (AG) Kathleen Jennings filed a lawsuit against fourteen chemical companies for allegedly contaminating the state’s natural resources with per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)...more

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Why Did the Most Favorable Venues for Prop 65 Plaintiffs Rule for the Defense in EHA v. Sream?

Environmental Health Advocates v. Sream, Inc., (2022) 83 Cal.App.5th 721 (Sream), and three other California appellate cases were subjects of a panel discussion on September 18, 2023 at the annual Proposition 65 Conference...more

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August 2023 Bounty Hunter Plaintiff Claims

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California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”), the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires, among other things, sellers of products to provide a “clear and reasonable warning” if use of the product results...more

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July 2023 Bounty Hunter Plaintiff Claims

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Exploring Trends in California’s Proposition 65: Claims, Chemicals, Products, and More - California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”), the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires, among other things,...more

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June 2023 Bounty Hunter Plaintiff Claims

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Exploring Trends in California’s Proposition 65: Claims, Chemicals, Products, and More   California’s Proposition 65 (“Prop. 65”), the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires, among other things,...more

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Congress Passes Major Update to Federal Cosmetics Regulation

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Buried within the thousands of pages of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 is the most significant statutory expansion to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authority over cosmetics since 1938...more

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California Bans the Manufacture and Sale of Certain PFAS-Containing Products

The State of California has always been a leader in regulating chemical ingredients contained in products sold in the state (think Prop 65), and it has turned its sights towards per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)....more

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New Decision Limits Scope of Prop 65

In a landmark decision, a California appellate court ruled that only "direct" exposures are subject to Proposition ("Prop") 65 warning requirements. EHA v. Sream, Inc. (Court of Appeal, First Appellate District, Division Two,...more

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EPA Previews 2021 List of Toxic Release Inventory

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On July 28, 2022, the Environmental protection Agency (“EPA”) released its preliminary 2021 Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”).  The purpose of the TRI is to give the public critical information regarding chemical releases,...more

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Environmental Protection Agency Announces Three New Actions on PFAS

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In keeping with the Biden-Harris administration’s commitments to strengthen federal regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced three actions last week with...more

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Environmental Protection Agency Issues Three New Actions on PFAS

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In keeping with the Biden-Harris administration’s commitments to strengthen federal regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced three actions last week with...more

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The Ever-Shifting Landscape of Prop 65 Acrylamide Regulation

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It has thus far been a noteworthy year for acrylamide, a Proposition 65-listed substance that naturally forms in the cooking and heating of many plant-based foods. Both the courts and the California Office of Environmental...more

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OSHA Proposes Changes to Align Hazard Communication Standard with GHS Revision 7

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On February 16, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking to update its Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)....more

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California's Prop 65 - Companies with Fewer than 10 Employees

Companies with fewer than ten employees are exempt from California’s Proposition 65 warning requirements but may nonetheless have a sophisticated distribution network for their product, making them an attractive target for...more

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TSCA to Receive Broader Interpretation Under Biden Administration

The EPA is expected to use its authority under TSCA to make chemical manufacturers provide more information about toxicity, exposure and other data about chemicals manufactured and imported into the U.S. market.  A wide range...more

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California Proposes Changes to Proposition 65 Short-Form Safe Harbor Warnings

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Proposition 65 mandates that companies doing business in California provide warnings about exposures to chemicals listed as known to the state to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity. The California Office of Environmental...more

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European Chemicals Agency SCIP Database is launched and ready for use

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At the end of October, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) launched the SCIP database. When populated, the database will ensure that information on articles in the EU that contain substances of very high concern (SVHCs) is...more

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Businesses Using PFAS Chemicals Now Subject to TRI Reporting and Greater Scrutiny

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By this time next year, a wide range of businesses, governments and citizens will know a lot more about per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFOS and PFOA) in their communities. PFOS and PFOA compounds are a family of...more

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NDAttention – National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Adds Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals to TRI

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 20, 2019, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) was signed into law, including provisions for adding certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the EPA’s...more

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EPA Proposes Rule for Confidential Business Information Claims under TSCA

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The 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) made numerous changes to TSCA, including increasing public transparency of chemical information.  To accomplish this, the amendments required EPA to establish a...more

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PFAS to Drive Environmental Enforcement in 2019

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Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a group of manmade chemicals that have been used in various manufacturing processes throughout the past century, have made headlines around the country due to emerging...more

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What would a no-deal Brexit look like for the UK chemicals industry?

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The UK government has recently published a technical notice to guide businesses that produce, register, import or export chemicals on what they will need to do if the UK leaves the EU in March 2019 in a 'no deal' scenario...more

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