In 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) which requires manufacturers, including importers, of certain per ...

Anna Reade, director of PFAS advocacy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, accused administration officials of attempting to disguise deregulation as a public health initiative while abandoning ...

Yesterday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final rule on per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known commonly as PFAS or “forever chemicals”. COG and metropolitan ...

The Trump administration announced changes to the regulation of dangerous “forever” chemicals called PFAs in a move critics say is being done to appease industry.

On September 4, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (finally) published its Spring 2025 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions (UA), a semiannual publication outlining ...

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PFAS, also known as "forever chemicals," are present in U.S. drinking water, including North Carolina. While found in many products and linked to potential health risks, much about PFAS remains ...

Three rows of frying pans hang from a metal rack. Nonstick coatings are visible on the pans in the bottom row. Though New Mexico’s PFAS Protection Act exempts nonstick pans containing fluoropolymers ...