Groups Sue EPA For Withholding Information On PFAS Use In Plastics Manufacturing
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Elizabeth Duan | February 16, 2024
Two environmental groups on Feb. 15 sued the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeking a permanent injunction directing it to disclose under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) all “wrongfully withheld documents” ...
Groups Renew Fight Over Disclosure Of TSCA ‘Health’ Data In FOIA Suit
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Elizabeth Duan | February 15, 2024
Environmentalists are asking a court to force EPA to release data on the health effects of several PFAS that it has deemed “confidential business information” (CBI) under TSCA, further expanding a long-running legal fight over when material dealing with “health and safety studies” ...
Enviro Orgs Sue EPA Over PFAS Data For Plastic Containers
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Elizabeth Duan |
Two environmental groups accused the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday of withholding test data on the presence of forever chemicals in fluorinated plastic containers in response to their Freedom of Information Act request… Read the PEER Story… ...
Lawsuit accuses EPA of withholding ‘forever chemicals’ data
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Elizabeth Duan |
Two advocacy groups are suing EPA over claims it withheld data regarding the risks of “forever chemicals” in millions of fluorinated plastic barrels. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and the Center for Environmental Health, the two groups that brought the ...
Data on PFAS in Some Plastics Concealed by EPA, Lawsuit Alleges
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Elizabeth Duan |
The EPA has failed to disclose information the nation’s primary commercial chemicals law requires to be public, allege two nonprofit environmental advocacy groups in a lawsuit filed on Thursday. Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Center for Environmental ...