Policy & Regulation

The Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act, signed into law in June 2016, fundamentally revised the […]

Aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) has been the U.S. military’s primary tool for suppressing Class B fuel fires since the 1960s.

The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union in January 2020 severed the automatic pipeline through which EU chemical regulations—including

France has emerged as Europe’s most aggressive national actor in PFAS regulation, implementing a comprehensive action plan that goes well

The Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants, adopted in 2001 and now ratified by over 180 parties, establishes a global

The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), established under the Clean Water Act, regulates the discharge of pollutants from point

The Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) Section 1412 provides the legal framework under which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency establishes

The European Union’s proposed universal restriction on PFAS under REACH represents the most ambitious regulatory action against this chemical class

With the designation of PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA hazardous substances in June 2024, the EPA has the authority to