Lynn L. Bergeson has earned an international reputation for her deep and expansive understanding of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), European Union Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), and especially how these regulatory programs pertain to nanotechnology, industrial biotechnology, synthetic biology, and other emerging transformative technologies. Her knowledge of and involvement in the policy process allows her to develop client-focused strategies whether advocating before Congress, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), or other governance and standard-setting bodies.
Ms. Bergeson counsels corporations, trade associations, and business consortia on a wide range of issues pertaining to chemical hazard, exposure and risk assessment, risk communication, minimizing legal liability, and evolving regulatory and policy matters pertinent to conventional, biobased, and nanoscale chemicals, particularly with respect to TSCA, FIFRA, Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA), REACH and REACH-like programs, and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) matters.
More Legal and Business Bylines From Lynn L. Bergeson
- EPA Holds Webinar on “Reducing PFAS in Products: Progress and Challenges” - (Posted On Friday, May 17, 2024)
- EPA Bans Most Uses of Methylene Chloride, Requires Stronger Worker Safety Requirements for Remaining Industrial Uses - (Posted On Friday, May 17, 2024)
- EPA Announces New Resource Portal and Reporting Tool Improvements Before CDR Reporting Begins on June 1, 2024 - (Posted On Friday, May 17, 2024)
- EPA Amends Procedural Framework Rule for Conducting TSCA Risk Evaluations - (Posted On Tuesday, May 14, 2024)
- House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on EPA’s RMP Rule - (Posted On Tuesday, May 14, 2024)
- Bicameral Legislation Would Ban Non-Essential PFAS Uses within Ten Years - (Posted On Monday, May 13, 2024)
- EPA Accepting Comment on Proposed Consent Decrees to Settle Lawsuits Challenging Time to Complete TSCA Risk Evaluations - (Posted On Friday, May 10, 2024)
- EPA Will Host Webinar on Advancing Eye Irritation Assessment with Non-Animal Methods for Industrial Chemicals and Agrochemicals - (Posted On Friday, May 10, 2024)
- EPA Issues First-Ever Drinking Water Standards for PFAS - (Posted On Thursday, May 09, 2024)
- A European Perspective on Food Law — A Conversation with Nora von Bergen, LL.M. [Podcast] - (Posted On Thursday, May 09, 2024)
Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner at Bergeson & Campbell, P.C., has been recognized as a National Law Review Go-To Thought Leader for her tireless and prolific coverage of Environmental Regulation and Environmental Law. Ms. Bergeson provides readers in-depth knowledge of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and EU's Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation. Her knowledge of the policy process at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) provides NLR readers with the information and updates they need to comply with these complex and constantly changing government regulations.
The National Law Review names Bergeson & Campbell a Go-To Thought Leader in the field of Biotech, Food, and Drug law. Authors Lynn L. Bergeson and Carla N. Hutton covered extensively the White House’s new biotechnology initiative in their September 2022 article, “President Biden Launches National Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Initiative.” The coverage reached thousands of legal and industry leaders and remains a valuable resource on the federal government’s new biotechnology focus.
Bergeson & Campbell is a Go-To Thought Leader for 2021 for its reporting on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). Readers turn to the firm’s expert insights on the EPA's regulation and new rulemaking. Managing Partner Lynn L. Bergeson and Regulatory Analyst Carla N. Hutton alongside other professionals from Bergeson & Campbell provide readers with essential guidance they need to comply with these ever-changing government regulations.