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Lawyers could sue hospitals, farmers and sewage plants if Congress passes PFAS measure

By Daniel Fisher | Wednesday, Jul 17, 2019 @ 2:22pm

A broad array of organizations from sewage-treatment plants to hospital districts would be threatened with Superfund liability if Congress passes legislation requiring the Environmental Protection Agency to declare an entire family of chemicals known as PFAS as hazardous pollutants.
There are bigger problems than PFAS, group for clean water says as Senate attempts regulation

By John O'Brien | Monday, Jun 24, 2019 @ 6:00am

WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) – Last week, a U.S. Senate committee strengthened one of the many bills that attempt to regulate chemicals known as PFAS, as critics continue to fight the idea that enough is known about them to pass legislation.
Companies sue over Baltimore's own version of Clean Air Act

By Carrie Bradon | Monday, May 13, 2019 @ 7:11am

BALTIMORE (Legal Newsline) — A group of companies is suing the mayor and city council of Baltimore, alleging that they are being unfairly limited in their operations by the new Baltimore Clean Air Act.