Industry Urges Canada To Exclude Fluorinated Gases From PFAS Plan

American chemical companies are urging Canada’s regulators to exclude fluorinated gases from a revised draft proposal to regulate PFAS as a class, arguing the substances do not meet local requirements for being declared toxic and are already strictly regulated under an international agreement on ozone-depleting substances (ODS). In comments submitted last month, the companies and their representatives urged the Canadian environment and health ministries to exclude fluorinated gases from their pending regulatory proposal. They cite the officials’ recent decision excluding...