Staying on top of the legal and policy developments in the PFAS arena is no small task. As a special service to our members, the Environmental Law Institute provides a series of webinars with authors of the PFAS Deskbook, James Pollack and Isabel Carey, and national experts on PFAS to keep you up to date, answer your questions, and highlight a unique topic related to PFAS during each session.
Some may not realize that PFAS litigation and activism began in 1999, after cattle ranchers in Parkersburg, West Virginia, sued DuPont for damage to their livestock and property that stemmed from contaminated water. This led to a $16.5 million settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More than 20 years later, biosolid application in agricultural areas has been linked to PFAS contamination of soil and groundwater, as well as even the uptake of PFAS into crops. This has been identified as a growing problem nationwide, with particularly robust responses occurring in Iowa, Maine, and Michigan. In this session, we will discuss the risks posed by PFAS to U.S. agriculture and the state efforts to limit livestock and farmland exposure to these chemicals.
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