Illinois filed PFAS pollution lawsuit against manufacturers of PFAS seeking damages for alleged contamination in the state. Maine and Kentucky have joined fray, becoming latest states seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in PFAS pollution damages from PFAS manufacturers.
California’s Attorney General filed a lawsuit against over a dozen companies seeking damages for PFAS pollution to the environment throughout the state. The lawsuit targets three distinct groups of companies: PFAS manufacturers, PFAS distributors and AFFF manufacturers.
Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger sued tobacco manufacturers for tobacco-related health care costs borne by Commonwealth. Most states settled claims. Attorney General Maura Healey, other Attorneys General now doing same against PFAS manufacturers.
On December 28, 2021, the EPA issued a bulletin that directed PFAS manufacturers to provide several types of new data with respect to several types of PFAS, which will be utilized to assess further regulations needed to protect human health and the environment.