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.
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- EC Asks SCCS to Assess Safety of Hydroxyapatite (Nano) in View of New Information - (Posted On Thursday, November 23, 2023)
- EPA OIG Reports That EPA’s FY 2024 Top Management Challenges Include Safeguarding the Use and Disposal of Chemicals - (Posted On Monday, November 20, 2023)
- NanoHarmony Releases Tool to Guide Stakeholders through OECD TG/GD Development Process - (Posted On Thursday, November 16, 2023)
- APHIS Proposes Five Additional Exemptions for Plants Modified or Produced Through Genetic Engineering - (Posted On Thursday, November 16, 2023)
- Rev 10 GHS — A Conversation with Karin F. Baron [Podcast] - (Posted On Thursday, November 16, 2023)
- Recent Federal Developments - November, 2023 - (Posted On Thursday, November 16, 2023)
- NIOSH Report on Approaches to 3D Printing Includes Recommendations for Controls to Protect Users in Makerspaces, Schools, Libraries, and Small Businesses - (Posted On Wednesday, November 15, 2023)
- USDA, EPA, and FDA Post Report on Stakeholder Comments on Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology and Plain-Language Regulatory Information - (Posted On Tuesday, November 14, 2023)
- Defra Publishes Policy Paper on UK REACH Alternative Transitional Registration Model - (Posted On Monday, November 13, 2023)
- OIRA Intends Final Revisions to Circular A-4 to Improve Regulatory Analysis - (Posted On Monday, November 13, 2023)
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.