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Insurance

Sep. 24, 2026

Help your clients pay for PFAS remediation

As PFAS monitoring and remediation costs rise, California public entities may find millions in cleanup coverage hiding in decades-old insurance policies without modern pollution exclusions.

Charles D. Grosenick

Associate
Brown & Winters

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Help your clients pay for PFAS remediation
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A future of increased monitoring and remediation for California public entities is here. Over the past decade, most California public entities have been required to test for PFAS, commonly known as forever chemicals. Concurrently, PFAS were listed as hazardous substances under CERCLA by the EPA in 2024, and the