Environment

Senate Subcommittee to Hold December 5 Hearing on Public Health Impacts of PFAS Exposures

The Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a hearing on December 5, 2024, titled “Examining the Public Health Impacts of PFAS Exposures.” The Subcommittee will hear from the following witnesses:Laurel Schaider, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Silent Spring Institute;Sue Fenton, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Human Health and the Environment, Professor of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University; andMichael D. Larrañaga, Ph.D., P.E., President and Managing Principal, R.E.M. Risk Consultants.As reported in our October 9, 2024, blog item, this hearing, which was originally scheduled for September 26, 2024, was postponed September 25, 2024, when Congress adjourned until after the November elections.©2024 Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

The Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight of the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works will hold a hearing on December 5, 2024 , titled “ Examining the Public Health Impacts of PFAS Exposures.

” The Subcommittee will hear from the following witnesses: Laurel Schaider, Ph.D., Senior Scientist, Environmental Chemistry and Engineering, Silent Spring Institute; Sue Fenton, Ph.

D., Director of the Center for Human Health and the Environment, Professor of Biological Sciences, North Carolina State University; and Michael D. Larrañaga, Ph.

D., P.E.

, President and Managing Principal, R.E.M.

Risk Consultants. As reported in our October 9, 2024, blog item , this hearing, which was originally scheduled for September 26, 2024, was postponed September 25, 2024, when Congress adjourned until after the November elections..