Washington Environmental Law Lawyers

What Is The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide And Rodenticide Act?
The Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act requires the registering of all pesticide products before they are used. The manufacturer must prove that the products will not cause an … more
What Is The Oil Pollution Act?
The Oil Pollution Act was established in 1990, as a result of oil spill accidents such as the Exxon Valdez one. This act requires oil tankers to have double hulls and to quickly and effectively … more
What Are Some Of The More Common Environmental Violations That Can Result In Serious Penalties?
If you review the cases provided by the EPA, there seems to be a broad variety of violations resulting in serious penalties. The more serious ones result in surprisingly severe penalties! The EPA … more

Common Environmental Law Violations
Federal environmental law is complex. It regulates many different things from protecting endangered species, to the production of energy and from protecting the water that we drink, to protecting the air that we breathe. The many different complicated laws that make up federal environmental law are inevitably broken from time to time. Some laws are broken by accident and others … more
Toxic Torts: Lawsuits for Exposure to Toxic Materials
What is in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the dirt which grows our food, the vaccines we give our children and the products that we use? We hope and trust that our air, water, soil, vaccines and products are clean and free from environmental toxins. However, that is not always the case. Sometimes, companies release toxic substances into the environment, or they include … more

Compliance with New Federal Lead-Based Paint Requirements
This is the January 2010 newsletter from the EPA, which provides information on the new federal … more
General Information on Air Pollution and Human Health
This publication from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention discusses the types of air … more

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