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PFAS Solution Moving Through Congress on Must-Pass Defense Bill

By Katie P. Reed˘, Steven Barringer, Kaitlyn R Maxwell & Bernadette M. Rappold on July 15, 2019

Posted in CERCLA, Emerging Contaminants, Environment, Federal Regulation, GT Alert, PFAS, Policy, Regulatory, Safe Drinking Water Act, Substance, TSCA, Water

PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances) have been under scrutiny on both sides of the Capitol in recent months, and the Senate made significant headway in late June in reaching consensus…
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Safe Drinking Water Act Does Not Preempt Flint Plaintiffs’ Section 1983 Claims

By Frank Citera on August 22, 2017

Posted in Contamination, Court Cases, Michigan, Water

On July 28, 2017 the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed two lower court rulings and remanded two cases pertaining to the lead-contaminated water crisis in Flint, Michigan, concluding that…
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