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The Urgent Need for Stricter PFAS Regulations to Safeguard Water Quality and Public Health

Vermont Law

To address this problem, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a suite of important regulations. In April of 2024, the EPA introduced new Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for PFAS in drinking water, signaling a critical regulatory shift. Why Are Federal Regulations Necessary to Regulate PFAS?

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The Deal With Dicamba: EPA Proposes Unconditional Registration for Over-the-Top Use

National Law Center

FIFRA is the primary federal law regulating pesticide use in the United States. Additionally, EPA is proposing new mitigation measures to include on the labels for the three dicamba pesticides intended to both limit volatilization and reduce exposure to endangered species. 136a(c)(5)(C).

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New This Thanksgiving: Toxic Turkey

Legal Planet

With respect to drinking water, risk insurers have estimated that cleaning up 30 PFAS chemicals currently subject to litigation will cost at least $120 billion —an amount roughly equal to the annual U.S. For the mere 6 types of PFAS that EPA has determined to regulate in drinking water, the agency pegs treatment costs at over $1.5

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Who Benefits from Dismantling EPA Science?

Union of Concerned Scientists

The so-called No IRIS Act (H.R. Silencing this office would stifle the lifesaving health research that underlies our nations environmental protections, and would result in weaker regulations and higher rates of cancer, birth defects, learning disabilities, and other devastating health consequences, especially for children.

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The Feed: Vol. 3, Issue 15

National Law Center

Truth in Labeling Law(suits) Research Fellows Rusty Rumley Solar Smarts Samantha Capaldo Samantha Mikolajczyk Bankruptcy Biofuels Biosecurity Biotechnology Business Organizations Carbon Checkoff Programs Climate Change Commercial Transactions Commodity Programs Conservation Programs Cooperatives Cottage Foods Country of Origin Labeling Crop Insurance (..)

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NALC news release: August NALC webinar to explore agricultural labor law

National Law Center

Mencer has extensive experience advising producers and agribusinesses on compliance with the H-2A program and other labor regulations. The webinar will feature a Q&A-style conversation between Pittman and William Mencer, an Arkansas-based agricultural attorney. He founded The Law Office of William L.

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Protecting Public Health Is Complicated. But Science Can Help, and the Time Is Now.

Union of Concerned Scientists

It was a big step towards providing adequate health protections, but Environmental regulations need to look at people, not just pollutants—and the way to get there is by assessing cumulative impacts. However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e.