The Business of PFAS

This weekly newsletter covers the latest PFAS related SEC filings, corporate news, recently published patents and company self-reported news.

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PFAS RELATED CORPORATE NEWS FROM SEC FILINGS DURING THE LAST WEEK

ARQ, Inc. reports that it had entered into a framework with LSR Materials to serve its growing business in the European water purification and filtration markets focusing on PFAS and micropollutants in wastewater.

Traeger Inc notes that developments in PFAS regulatory space along with other global chemical regulatory trend will impact the company. Additional costs may result from investigation, remediation and compliance obligations as well as potential litigation and enforcement actions. These actions may result in the company relocating all or part of its manufacturing operations, or halting sales or purchases containing PFAS.

Fairfax Financial Holdings reports that it has begun to receive environmental contamination and bodily injury claims related to PFAS.

More than 30 other companies have reported PFAS related news in their SEC filings during the last week, for a full list or related research, reach out to us.

PFAS Related Company News

PFAS: What Are They? Where Are They? And How Can Businesses Avoid the Litigation Associated with Them? | Amundsen Davis LLC - JDSupra

New NIST Database Helps Monitor ‘Forever Chemicals’ | Quality Digest

Chamber Announces New Initiative to Protect Essential Chemistry | U.S. Chamber of Commerce (uschamber.com)

Indiana bill cutting protections from toxic PFAS is resurrected (indystar.com)

Appeals Court affirms decision saying PFAS can’t be regulated under Wisconsin spills law ? Wisconsin Examiner

Maine lawmakers weigh consequences of new PFAs law | newscentermaine.com

PFAS Concerns Loom Over Chemours Permit For Washington Works - West Virginia Public Broadcasting : West Virginia Public Broadcasting (wvpublic.org)

Europe’s proposed PFAS ban: The next big thing in medical device design and supply - Medical Device Network (medicaldevice-network.com)

3M Board of Directors Approves Spin-off of Solventum :: 3M Company (MMM)

There are 30+ plus additional major corporate PFAS new stories, for a full list, get in touch with us.

RECENTLY PUBLISHED PFAS PATENTS (FROM THE US AND AROUND THE WORLD)

MOLECULARLY IMPRINTED POLYMER SENSOR FOR PER- AND POLY-FLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS)? Brief Summary: A method for quantifying amounts of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) may use a?PFAS?detection system comprising a working electrode and one or more processors. The working electrode may have a polymer layer disposed on its surface that comprises a plurality of affinity sites for detecting a plurality of?PFAS?molecules.

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SURFACTANT-MODIFIED MONTMORILLONITE FOR ADSORPTION OF PER- AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES (PFAS) FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS Brief Summary: A montmorillonite, preferably MT K10, modified with at least cetyltrimethyl ammonium chloride (CTAC), a cationic quaternary ammonium compound, such that the combined compound is adsorbent of short- and long-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and precursors. The MT-CTAC compound is particularly suited to remove?PFAS?from aqueous solutions.

IMPROVED METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT OF?PFAS?CONTAMINATED WASTEWATER AND OTHER CONTAMINANTS UTILIZING NANO-AERATION FOAM FRACTIONATION Brief Summary: A method of removing contaminants from a water media includes introducing nanobubbles into the water media to cause foam fractionation. Before the step of introducing, there can be an optional step of concentrating the contaminants. After the step of introducing, there can be an optional step of mineralizing the contaminants.

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Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Gleitlagerbuchse und Gleitlagerbuchse

Brief Summary: Die Erfindung betrifft ein Verfahren zur Herstellung einer Gleitlagerbuchse (10) für eine Pumpe, eine Gleitlagerbuchse, eine Pumpe mit einer Gleitlagerbuchse und die Verwendung eines Werkstoffs zur Ausbildung einer Gleitlagerbuchse, wobei die Gleitlagerbuchse aus einem mit Kohlenstoff gefüllten, polymeren Werkstoff ausgebildet wird, wobei der Werkstoff ein thermoplastisches Polymer aufweist

In addition, 20 or more PFAS patents have been published during the last couple of weeks.? If you are interested in seeing the full list contact us at [email protected]

PFAS Related Company Self-Reports

A new sensor detects harmful 'forever chemicals' in drinking water (phys.org)

Harmful ‘forever chemicals’ removed from water with new electrocatalysis method (rochester.edu)

A new sensor detects harmful “forever chemicals” in drinking water | MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology

U.S. Department of Defense Selects Allonnia to Remediate PFAS | Business Wire

Better Earth Introduces Renewable Plant Fiber Trays for Catering Events (prnewswire.com)

There are at least 30+ more PFAS company news (self-reported) this week. If you are looking to do market research in the PFAS space, get in contact with us.

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