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New California Law Requires On-Package Label and Online Ingredient Disclosures for Cleaning Products

Tue Dec 19th, On Environmental Law, by

On October 15, 2017, Governor Brown signed into law SB 258, known as the “Cleaning Product Right to Know Act of 2017” (“Cleaning Product Right to Know Act”).  The Act requires manufacturers of cleaning products sold in California to disclose the ingredients of those cleaning products to consumers on the product label and also online.  California is the first state to require ingredient labeling of cleaning products.  There are currently […]

Looking Back at Hurricane Harvey and the Road to Recovery Ahead

Mon Dec 11th, On Environmental Law, by

Hurricane Harvey made landfall near Port Aransas on August 25th, 2017 before turning northeast and inland, stalling over southern Texas and bringing between 40 and 61 inches of rainfall to eastern Texas and parts of Louisiana. According to a press release by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), “the Houston area experienced the largest amount of rainwater ever recorded in the continental United States from a single storm (51.88 inches). […]

CERCLA § 113(h) Bar of Pre-Enforcement Review Applied to State Law Medical Monitoring Claims – Giovanni v. U.S. Department of the Navy

Thu Nov 16th, On Environmental Law, by

In Giovanni v. U.S. Dep’t of the Navy, 2017 U.S. Dist. Lexis 104074 (E.D. Pa. July 6, 2017), the Navy obtained a dismissal of a state law claim for medical monitoring based on the “timing of review” provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act  (“CERCLA”). The plaintiffs claimed they were exposed to contaminated groundwater, suing the Navy in state court under Pennsylvania’s analog to CERCLA and common law, seeking […]

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