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On August 3, 2026, comments by Ryan N. Schmit were featured in Inside TSCA’s article discussing Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform. Ryan Schmit, of counsel with the chemicals-focused law firm Bergeson & Campbell and formerly with EPA’s chemicals office, told Inside TSCA July 31 that TSCA “conversations are continuing, both on and off the Hill, but the exact timing of any next steps remains unclear.” Schmit added the Coalition for Chemical Innovations, managed by his firm,...

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to announce publication of the 2026 edition of Guide to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), LexisNexis (Guide to TSCA). Guide to TSCA is the definitive comprehensive treatise on TSCA, written for lawyers, regulatory affairs specialists, and commercial and business people who need to understand the details of this law. The 2026 edition captures the many consequential changes in TSCA law and policy over the past year, changes reflecting a...

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is providing daily, in-depth coverage of the bench trial for National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors (NAW) v. Feldon, which started on July 13, 2026. The case considers the constitutionality of certain aspects of Oregon’s Plastic Pollution and Recycling Modernization Act (RMA), the first Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) packaging program in the United States. Specifically, NAW asserts that Oregon’s packaging EPR program...

On July 13, 2026, comments submitted to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by B&C® Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM) were featured in an Inside EPA article discussing the “first known litigation over a TSCA test order since the court in 2024 established the standard of evidence EPA must provide for such orders.” “Based on extensive experience working with testing consortia, it is BCCM’s view that EPA’s estimated burden for responding to a test order is lower than...

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) and The Acta Group (Acta®) are pleased to announce that Breanne J. Kincaid, Ph.D. has joined our firms as Assistant Toxicologist and Regulatory Scientist. Dr. Kincaid's combination of toxicological training, computational expertise, regulatory awareness, and technical communication skills enables her to support clients in preparing, analyzing, and interpreting environmental, toxicity, and public health data to facilitate product approvals, regulatory...

On June 24, 2026, comments by Lynn L. Bergeson were featured in Bloomberg Law’s article covering a complaint filed in the U.S. District Court the Southern District of New York by Groupe SEB USA Inc. and Meyer Corp. against Caraway Home Inc., alleging that Caraway's ads falsely paint the presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in its competitors' products as toxic. Distinguishing divergent PFAS and pointing to the safety of some makes the case notable, said Lynn...

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to announce the launch of its new Product Stewardship BlogTM, a dedicated resource focused on the evolving and increasingly consequential regulatory, compliance, sustainability, and market-access issues affecting products throughout their lifecycle. Product stewardship has long been a cornerstone of B&C’s practice. For decades, we have helped clients navigate the complex and ever-changing regulatory frameworks that govern products from...

On June 11, 2026, comments by Carla N. Hutton were featured in Inside PFAS Policy's article discussing Connecticut’s upcoming per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) reporting and labeling requirements. Carla Hutton, a senior regulatory analyst for law firm Bergeson & Campbell, told Inside PFAS Policy that the Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) may not receive many reports or see many products labeled as containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl...

On May 14, 2026, comments by Carla N. Hutton, Senior Regulatory Analyst, Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), were featured in Chemical Watch's article regarding New Mexico’s final rule implementing its perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) restriction law. Carla Hutton, senior regulatory analyst at Bergeson & Campbell, noted that HB 212 explicitly allows the NMED to accept ‘substantially equivalent’ information on PFAS in...

On April 23, 2026, comments by Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. were featured in Bloomberg Law’s article regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) release of a list of confidential business information (CBI) claims that will expire between June 22 and July 31. If previously claimed confidential information no longer needs to be protected, companies may choose to let the agency make it public, said Richard Engler, director of chemistry at Bergeson & Campbell PC, during...