Fri.Jun 09, 2023

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Minnesota Becomes Second State to Pass Sweeping PFAS Ban and Reporting Law Targeting All Products

Hunton Andrews Kurth

As published on Hunton’s Nickel Report , in May 2023, Minnesota’s Governor Walz signed into law HF 2310 , which bans the sale of certain products containing “intentionally added” per- and- polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in 2025 and then all products in 2032, and also establishes reporting requirements for products containing PFAS starting in 2026.

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Unprecedented Wildfires Devastate Canada, Leave Eastern U.S. Blanketed in Smoke

Risk Management Monitor

Wildfire season has started two months early in Canada, and the devastating scale of the blazes is already unprecedented. Over 400 fires have caused roughly 10 million acres of burn damage so far, and have blanketed a wide swath of North America in smoke, creating orange skies and toxic levels of air pollution for communities all the way from Canada to the Southeastern United States.