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US appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS (www.theguardian.com)

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Conservative fifth circuit overturns EPA’s ban prohibiting Inhance from using manufacturing process creating toxic compound

A federal appeals court in the US has killed a ban on plastic containers contaminated with highly toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” found to leach at alarming levels into food, cosmetics, household cleaners, pesticides and other products across the economy.

Houston-based Inhance manufactures an estimated 200m containers annually with a process that creates, among other chemicals, PFOA, a toxic PFAS compound. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December prohibited Inhance from using the manufacturing process.

But the conservative fifth circuit court of appeals court overturned the ban. The judges did not deny the containers’ health risks, but said the EPA could not regulate the buckets under the statute it used.

The rule requires companies to alert the EPA if a new industrial process creates hazardous chemicals. Inhance has produced the containers for decades and argued that its process is not new, so it is not subject to the regulations. The EPA argued that it only became aware that Inhance’s process created PFOA in 2020, so it could be regulated as a new use, but the court disagreed.

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[-] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Grocery stores have switched back to paper bags awhile ago instead of plastic, so it’s able to be done.

Where? God, I wish. I ask for one and the cashier's roll their eyes.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

Everyone I know in the US has been using reusable bags for like ten years now.

[-] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

And?

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago

And what? You said people roll their eyes. That hasn't been a problem in ten years.

[-] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

And reusable bags are irrelevant in a conversation about stores switching back to paper bags. Where is this happening? You don't know either.

[-] WarmSoda@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Are you intentionally being obtuse?

[-] RainfallSonata@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago

Do you not know how to read?

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