MVA Environmental Attorneys co-author NAIOP article: Implications of PFAS Regulation on the Commercial Real Estate Industry
Moore & Van Allen (MVA) Head of Environmental Mary Katherine Stukes, and Counsel Laura Truesdale, co-authored the article “Implications of PFAS Regulation on the Commercial Real Estate Industry”, published by the national NAIOP Development magazine.
The article
The term “forever chemicals” generally refers to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as “PFAS.” PFAS are human-made and have been manufactured in the United States for over 70 years. Used in a wide array of consumer and commercial products and processes across industry sectors, they have achieved popularity and success in large part because of their unique resilience to degradation. While this chemical makeup has made PFAS critical to certain industries, it has also allowed them to persist widely in the environment (and potentially in humans and animals).
Over the past several years, states and the federal government have undertaken efforts to regulate PFAS. Most of the regulations have been directly aimed at protecting human health, such as the regulation of certain PFAS in drinking water systems and limitations on the future manufacture or use of particular PFAS compounds.
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