Cuker Law Firm Blog

The concerted outcry of community activists is finally getting through to EPA. Although PFAS have been on the national radar screen since early 2014, EPA is now committing to take two important steps to regulate this too-long unregulated group of chemicals Define PFOA and PFOS, the two best know contaminants, as “hazardous substances” under the […]

In the latest in a long line of reprehensible actions, Scott Pruitt’s EPA and the White House have teamed up to deep six the latest health study being performed on PFAS, a group of chemicals which contaminate the drinking water of millions of people, mostly as a result of pollution at military bases. The study […]

Military knew of poisoning, yet did little

The last sentence in our latest story on well water contamination in and around military bases here and across the country was the punch line. And by “punch line” we don’t mean funny. We mean damning. This is how our report concludes: “Despite numerous signs that the chemicals were reaching groundwater, the military didn’t begin […]