Attorneys are urging US companies to seize Canada’s offer to weigh in on the country’s recently announced strategy to work toward regulations for PFAS-containing products.
The Government of Canada announced on March 5 that it intends to designate the entire class of PFAS as “toxic” under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and progressively move towards restricting them.
The unprecedented move positions Canada to be among the world’s leaders in tackling harmful PFAS exposure, said Steven Guilbeault, minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) as he described the regulatory plans. The department, which coordinates Canada’s environmental policies and programs, expects …