Joseph Green

3 weeks ago | jdsupra.com | Joseph Green |Zachary Lee

On April 21, 2025, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (“MPCA” or ​“the Agency”) released proposed rules that if finalized would help effectuate the Gopher State’s ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in numerous consumer products.

2 months ago | jdsupra.com | Joseph Green |Zachary Lee

While several states, including Minnesota, Rhode Island, and Maine, have moved to ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in cookware products, no state has yet established specific limits for PFAS levels in food. This could change soon, as Maine lawmakers—who enacted one of the first state-level PFAS prohibitions in consumer products in 2021—have introduced a bill that, if passed, would make Maine the first state to establish PFAS limits in food.

Jan 10, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Joseph Green |Zachary Lee

With 2025 officially underway, companies should be mindful of two key deadlines for submitting mandatory per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) information to North American regulators. Most urgently, this coming January 29 is the deadline for manufacturers and importers to file reports or seek an extension under a Canadian PFAS reporting program announced in July 2024.

Jan 9, 2025 | jdsupra.com | Joseph Green |Zachary Lee |John Quaglino

The New Year rings in with a likely wave of new enforcement actions under California’s Proposition 65 targeting Bisphenol-S (BPS), a popular substitute chemical for Bisphenol-A (BPA) which itself has been targeted by regulators and Prop 65 enforcers for the last decade. BPS initially was listed under Prop 65 on December 29, 2023, after being identified by California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) as a female reproductive toxicant.