TSCA Orders Face Appellate Review But EPA Enforcement Suit May Continue
by Inside EPA | December 12, 2023
Inhance Technologies is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit to scrap EPA’s landmark TSCA orders requiring the company to halt plastic fluorination that also produces PFAS, but both sides are also aiming to continue a first-of-its-kind suit — in a trial court in a ...
Plastics company fights federal order to block PFAS production
by E&E News | December 11, 2023
The Houston-based Inhance Technologies filed a petition in the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday, less than a week after EPA sent Inhance orders to stop making nine likely harmful PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as a result of its fluorination process. Independent ...
US EPA orders packaging firm Inhance to stop making PFAS
by Chemical & Engineering News | December 6, 2023
The US Environmental Protection Agency is cracking down on a fluorination process that enhances the barrier properties of certain plastic containers. The agency says the process, used by Inhance Technologies to treat millions of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plastic containers each year ...
3 Things You Can Do to Fight Toxic PFAS Forever Chemicals
by Food & Water Watch |
Our Kyla Bennett appeared as a panelist at Food & Water Watch’s November Livable Future LIVE event to discuss how we can push for the PFAS policies we need. “When you educate the public and the public starts pushing back against the companies that are making these products, ...
Alexandria’s Natural Resources Manager ‘retires early in frustration’ after battles within city government
by ALXnow |
Alexandria Natural Resources Manager Rod Simmons has been a prominent voice for environmental concerns around the city in recent years, but Simmons told ALXnow that battles behind the scenes have led him to retire after 27 years in city government. In recent years, however, the City has ...