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Strategies for Navigating Changing PFAS Regulations
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Do your products, supply chains, or waste streams contain PFAS? How do you know?
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) can be present throughout your product supply chain as one or more of thousands of chemicals containing carbon-fluorine bonds. They are typically used selectively to enhance product or process performance, but due to their widespread use and persistence, they can also be present when not intentionally added.
As public scrutiny and government oversight of PFAS — including smaller molecules such as PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, PFHxS, PFBS, and GenX, as well as extremely large molecules such as fluoropolymers — continue to grow, it's critical to develop a thorough understanding of the chemical compounds present throughout your product supply chain and waste streams. However, the multi-tiered, global nature of modern supply chains complicates the process of evaluating product composition, especially at the low levels that may be necessary to identify PFAS.
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How can Exponent help you identify PFAS in your products, supply chains, and waste streams to support product stewardship and regulatory compliance?
We support global brands of manufactured consumer products with multidisciplinary engineering and scientific expertise to help our clients identify PFAS in their products, supply chains, and waste streams and take appropriate action. Our teams of highly skilled chemists, chemical engineers, toxicologists, industrial hygienists, biologists, and environmental, materials, and data scientists offer our clients deep technical understanding of PFAS properties and uses and how to detect and quantify their presence in materials, products, and environmental samples. We create bespoke testing plans, perform unparalleled chemical analysis validation, and provide in-depth data interpretation to help address complex issues throughout product and process lifecycles, including materials selection and qualification, product stewardship, end-of-life issues, and environmental and human health risks.
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Are there PFAS in the environment at your site? What can you do about it?
Mitigating the presence of PFAS in the environment is a complex process that requires understanding constantly changing regulations, site-specific conditions, and a multitude of potential sources. Exponent supports site owners in evaluating environmental PFAS contamination and understanding potential implications and responses. Our multidisciplinary team of environmental scientists and engineers helps clients make sense of complex analytical data, assists with discharge permitting, and assesses the potential risks to humans and the environment and damages to natural resources. Additionally, Exponent can help clients evaluate the impact of PFAS that may be present and conduct root-cause evaluations of site operations or forensic investigations to identify likely sources of PFAS at a site.
Capabilities
Exponent's integrated teams of multidisciplinary experts provide unparalleled scientific analysis and data interpretation to empower the swift, proactive responses required when facing potential compliance or litigation issues concerning PFAS.
What Can We Help You Solve?
Exponent's multidisciplinary PFAS consultants provide customized analysis to help you manage PFAS throughout your products, processes, supply chains, and waste streams.
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Product Stewardship
Overcome business and regulatory challenges at every stage, from research and design to disposal and recycling.
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Sustainability
Meet changing sustainability regulations with rigorous science and experienced consulting services.
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Chemical Toxicology & Health Risk Assessments
Exposure assessments, toxicity evaluations, and support for issues of toxicology and mechanistic biology.
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Water Sciences & Management
Sophisticated water consulting services, helping clients adapt to climate change and sustainability challenges.
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Consumer Products: Cosmetics & Personal Care
Personal care products consulting for registration, notification targets, and product development.
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Polymers Expertise for Consumer Products
Rigorous testing and analysis of polymers in consumer products.
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Environmental & Regulatory Compliance
Rigorous analyses to help clients overcome complex environmental and regulatory hurdles and meet auditing obligations.
Experts
Our global and comprehensive expertise across industries gives us a deep understanding of current challenges, best industry practices, and the implications of emerging technologies.
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Group Vice President and Principal Engineer
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Practice Director and Principal Scientist
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