Judge Rejects PFAS Monitoring Case Over Lack Of ‘Hazardous’ Designation

A federal judge has granted the Navy’s request to dismiss a landmark citizen suit seeking payment for medical monitoring to detect health concerns that may develop after exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), finding that regulators’ failure to designate the chemicals as “hazardous substances” precluded the plaintiffs from filing suit under state law. The ruling could intensify efforts by environmentalists and others who have pressured EPA and Congress -- so far unsuccessfully -- to quickly designate PFAS as “hazardous...