{"id":248134,"date":"2024-04-01T19:03:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T19:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/federal-appeals-court-overturns-epas-ban-of-pfas-in-manufacturing-of-plastic-containers\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T20:11:20","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T20:11:20","slug":"federal-appeals-court-overturns-epas-ban-of-pfas-in-manufacturing-of-plastic-containers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.republicofgreen.com\/federal-appeals-court-overturns-epas-ban-of-pfas-in-manufacturing-of-plastic-containers\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Appeals Court Overturns EPA’s Ban of PFAS in Manufacturing of Plastic Containers"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\t\t\t\tPlastic bottles and containers like these are treated with fluorine gas to make them rigid, a process that also produces PFAS. fcafotodigital \/ iStock \/ Getty Images Plus <\/p>\n
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The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the U.S. on March 21 overturned previous orders by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that banned the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in product packaging by a plastics treatment company, Inhance Technologies.<\/p>\n
In December 2023, the EPA issued two…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n