The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), commonly known as Superfund, requires the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) to periodically update its National Priorities List (“NPL”). The NPL is the list of sites of national priority among the known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States. The NPL guides EPA in determining which sites warrant further investigation. EPA has announced that, on […]

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Effective November 10, 2017, the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) added Perfluorooctanoic Acid (“PFOA”) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (“PFOS”) to the list of chemicals known to the state to cause reproductive toxicity under the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, also known as Proposition 65.  Although these chemicals have been the target of federal action under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) since 2002, the release […]

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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 […]

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Join Bick Law at DRI’s Toxic Torts and Environmental Law Seminar in Music City!  Details: When: March 1-2, 2018 Where: Nashville, Tennessee Sheraton Grand Nashville Downtown Deadline: Register by February 2, 2018. Any registrations after February 2nd will be processed on-site.  What You Will Learn: How to Navigate the lines between consulting and testifying experts and getting the most out of both for the lease costs. What the new Toxic […]

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