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Regulation of PFAS in Canada and Complications of Banning PFAS

Regulation of PFAS in Canada and Complications of Banning PFAS

Posted by on Jan 22, 2024 in Blog | 0 comments

  In May 2023, the Draft State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS) Report was issued by the federal government.  We are eight months or so from this Draft report being issued.  Where are we now, what actions might be forthcoming, and what are the potential unintended consequences of restricting or banning PFAS? In October 2023, we reported that the federal government planned to issue a mandatory information-gathering notice for PFAS sometime in the fall of 2023....

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PFAS in Canada: Biosolids, Collection of Data, and Litigation Risks

Posted by on Oct 13, 2023 in Press | 0 comments

  The global concern over the human health and environmental impact of the class of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) is leading to more regulations and litigation.  Below, we provide an update on PFAS, which has the potential to affect a wide range of companies. Interim PFAS Standards for Biosolids in Canada First, an update with respect to PFAS in biosolids. Earlier this year, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced plans to...

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Class of PFAS to be listed as Toxic Substances

Posted by on Jun 6, 2023 in Blog | 0 comments

  As information and data continue to develop regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), regulations are beginning to take shape.  Recent reports by Environment and Climate Change Canada and Canada Health are making it clear that PFAS are found throughout the country and pose potential human health and environmental risk. As a result of this report, PFAS appear to be headed to the list of Toxic Substances, Schedule 1 of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act...

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Health Canada Releases Proposed PFAS Standards

Posted by on Feb 21, 2023 in Blog | 0 comments

  In several of our past blogs, we discussed the developing attention by regulators to the environmental contaminants known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).  You may recall the April 2021 announcement by Health Canada:  “Notice of intent to address the broad class of PFAS.” In accordance with that April 2021 notice of intent, Health Canada announced on February 10, 2023, the “Draft objective for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Canadian drinking water.”...

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Plastic Ban Schedule and Legal Challenges and PFAS Developments

Posted by on Aug 30, 2022 in Blog | 0 comments

  In our past blogs, we have shared news regarding the effort to ban certain plastics.  This restriction on plastics in Canada was made official and announced in a June 20, 2022, News Release. A group of manufacturing companies is seeking to overturn this ban.  According to an article in Plastics News, “A coalition of plastics companies has sued to block Canada’s ban on six single-use plastic products, challenging Ottawa’s decision to declare them ‘toxic’ and prohibit...

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