It took one lawsuit to expose the toxicity of PFAS. And more than two decades of litigation to begin to address the harm it has caused.
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A nationwide multidistrict litigation (MDL) lawsuit over PFAS contamination, filed by 100 water and wastewater systems, is making progress in a South Carolina federal district court. The water provider cases are one subset of approximately 2,500 + cases pending in the MDL, but the court has selected the water provider cases as bellwether cases, meaning those cases will be tried first.
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The EPA recently announced new health advisories for the two most commonly found forms of PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), to 0.004 parts per trillion (ppt) and 0.02 ppt, respectively. While it’s not entirely surprising that the new advisories cut the safe level of PFOA by more than 17,000 times, this news has prompted several questions from water suppliers and their customers.
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How do the PFAS health advisories impact legal recourse for utilities? Find out in this Water & Waste Digest interview with SL attorney Ashley Campbell.
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When aqueous film-forming foam, or AFFF, was introduced 50 years ago, its effectiveness at firefighting made it popular with emergency personnel at airports and military bases. Its effectiveness came at a cost, but airport and firefighting personnel were never told of the health consequences.
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We are proud to be sponsoring the 2022 Water Finance Conference, held August 17-18 in Washington, D.C. Ashley Campbell will be speaking on PFAS contamination and water utility options for covering the cost.
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Please join us at the NEWEA Spring Meeting. Ken Sansone from SL will be presenting during session 7, on Tuesday May 24 from 1:30 to 4pm.
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Join us on April 26 at 11:00am PT at the CRWA Expo for a presentation by Ashley Campbell. SL will also sponsoring the BrewFest on Wednesday, April 27th from 3-5pm in the exhibit hall, and will be at booth 19. We hope to see you there!
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The Daily Journal recognized SL Environmental Law group with a 2021 “Top Verdict” of California award. The publication highlighted the firm’s $48 million jury verdict for the City of Pomona against SQM North America Corporation, the American subsidiary of a multinational mining company based in Chile, as one of the state’s 10 largest plaintiffs’ verdicts last year.
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SL Environmental Law Group has filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Water Replenishment District (WRD) against 3M Company, E.I. DuPont de Nemours, Inc., and other manufacturers of AFFF for their involvement in the manufacture and sale of PFAS that have contaminated groundwater supplies within WRD's service area, which includes 43 cities and covers a 420-square-mile region of southern Los Angeles County.
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After years of corporate litigation, Mike has chosen to focus on protecting the public and the environment from corporate polluters.
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The City of Pomona, represented by SL Environmental Law Group, has been successful in their 10 year battle to hold polluters accountable for drinking water contamination from the chemical perchlorate.
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