Jun 11, 2018 | Environmental law, News
BY CRAIG A. TRISTAO Lawsuits brought by municipalities against the manufacturers of chemicals, including 1,2,3, Trichloropropane, whom the municipalities contend contaminate drinking water could be for naught as a federal jury awards no damages after finding liability...
May 23, 2018 | Agriculture, Environmental law, News
Although there is a recent State Appeals court case that upholds the State’s ability to list Glyphosate as a Prop 65 chemical and would require labeling as such starting July 2018 ((5th Dist.) there is also a federal ruling on preliminary injunction that prohibits...
May 2, 2018 | Environmental law, News
A Citizens’ group this week filed a Verified Petition challenging CARB’s 2017 Greenhouse Gas Scoping Plan, alleging that several provisions of the Scoping Plan were improperly promulgated and result in racial and financial discrimination.The Two Hundred v....
Apr 20, 2018 | Environmental law, News
The Fifth Appellate District affirmed a judgment from a trial court holding that Prop 65’s definition of hazardous chemicals as including substances identified as such by IARC, an agency of the United Nations does not constitute an improper delegation of...
Apr 10, 2018 | Environmental law, News
“The Office of Environmental Health HazardAssessment has adopted a No Significant Risk Level of 1100 micrograms per day forglyphosate. This means that exposures to glyphosate below 1100micrograms per day are not considered a significant risk of cancer for...