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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...

The American Chemical Society (ACS) and Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) are pleased to present "31st Annual Green Chemistry Challenge Awards: New Categories and Expanded Opportunities,"...

In two unrelated events, the Pennsylvania Appeals Court in April 2015 in Stacey Haney et al. v. Range Resources-Appalachia Inc. declined to review a trial court's order directing Range Resources to produce proprietary information...

Inside EPA reports that EPA has been looking at "techniques and procedures" to apply CERCLA, also known as the Superfund statute, differently to "folks who are not responsible for causing"...

EPA goes for the low-hanging fruit by using TSCA to restrict the importation of long-chain PFAS that already are the subject of a global phaseout

On Feb. 14, 2019, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Acting Administrator Andrew Wheeler held a live-streamed press conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania describing the release of EPA's anticipated PFAS Action Plan.

Litigation concerning manmade chemicals known as PFAS is set to intensify in 2023.

The pace of domestic demand growth in China remains slower than anticipated following a short-lived post-pandemic spending boom.

EPA is proposing nationally uniform and federally enforceable limits on six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water for the first time. This marks a key milestone in EPA's...

The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was enacted in 1976 to protect workers and communities from toxic chemicals used in industrial and other processes.

Prop 65 is a California law that requires California consumers receive warnings regarding the presence of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive toxicity.

On May 2, 2025, a federal district court in California ordered an end to Proposition 65 cancer violation claims for acrylamide in food, finding that the state's "safe harbor" warning was unconstitutional.

Business groups largely supported the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Amendments in order to address concerns about the emergence of varying state-by-state requirements that regulate the chemicals used in consumer products.

The law also requires a manufacturer to use the "least toxic alternative" when replacing regulated PFAS in textile articles.

On December 6, 2024, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA), the lead California regulatory agency tasked with implementing California's...

Connecticut will require manufacturers to notify state regulators and label consumer products containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals starting July 1, 2026.

The cancellation notice was issued by EPA, pursuant to Section 6(e) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") released a proposed rulemaking in December to add per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") subject to reporting under the Emergency Planning and