New US Lawsuit Targets ‘Forever Chemicals’ in Plastic Food Containers; Cleaning, Home, Personal Care
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PEER | December 28, 2022
Inhance, a Houston-based company named as a defendant, produces tens of millions of consumer containers that contain PFAS, the consumer advocacy groups behind the lawsuit say. The plaintiffs ask a judge to order Inhance to follow Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules that require it ...
The U.S. EPA Is Targeting PFAS in Food Containers
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The U.S. EPA is currently involved in a major lawsuit that — depending on the results — would be huge for both environmental and human health. Together the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) are suing Texas-based container ...
EPA Sues Over PFAS Contamination In Plastics, Claiming TSCA Violations
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Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) posted EPA’s Dec. 19 complaint as an addendum to its Dec. 27 release announcing a separate Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) suit that it and the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) filed against Inhance Technologies — ...
Groups Sue to Stop Company’s ‘Forever Chemical’ Contamination of Plastic Containers
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A pair of nonprofit advocacy groups on Tuesday sued a Texas company in a bid to stop it from generating so-called “forever chemicals” while manufacturing plastic containers. The Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) ...
PEERMail | We Are Suing to Prevent Further PFAS Contamination
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PEER | December 27, 2022
Handling or using fluorinated containers could be a significant pathway for unsafe human exposure to PFOA and other PFAS ...