Vermont Passes PFAS Medical Monitoring Bill Sought By Health Groups

Vermont has enacted what environmentalists say is a first-in-the-nation bill explicitly allowing courts to order medical monitoring of individuals exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other toxic chemicals, marking a victory for groups that say such monitoring is needed to generate new human-health data on PFAS risks. Gov. Phil Scott (R) signed the medical-monitoring bill, known as S.113 , into law on April 21, over a year after he blocked a broader proposal backed by environmental and public-health...