Microplastics: Science, Regulation, and Legal Risk

Microplastics are plastic particles found across the environment—in water supplies, food sources, and human tissue—and have emerged as a frontline legal and regulatory issue. The science is developing quickly, and regulatory and litigation activity is following close behind, from EPA's inclusion of microplastics on its draft Sixth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 6) as a priority contaminant group to growing state legislation and an expanding wave of private litigation. Companies across industries are facing increasing uncertainty and risk.

Please join us for a one-hour webinar covering the following topics:

• Scientific and Technical Perspectives—The scientific underpinnings of microplastics regulation, including technical background on micro- and nanoplastic particles and sources, the current state of the science on potential ecological and human health impacts, and recent research trends.
• The Regulatory Landscape—EPA's designation of microplastics as a priority contaminant group on the draft CCL 6 and what it signals for future rulemaking, potential toxic tort litigation, and the broader regulatory trajectory at the federal and state levels.
• Litigation Trends—A sample of greenwashing, healthwashing, and consumer protection lawsuits against product manufacturers and retailers and lessons from the PFAS litigation experience as a predictive model for where microplastics litigation may be heading.
• What Companies Should Do Now—Practical recommendations for manufacturers, retailers, importers, and others managing microplastics exposure across their products, packaging, and supply chains.