In December, 2023, as part of a four-year legal battle,<ref>{{cite news |last=Perkins vauthors|first=Tom |date=2023-06-01 Tom|title=Plastic Perkinscontainers still |distributed urlacross =the US are a potential health disaster |url=https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/01/pfas-lawsuit-epa-plastic-containers-health-danger | title work= PlasticThe containers still distributed across the US are a potential health disasterGuardian |access-date= 20232024-0603-01 | publisher = Guardian News & Media Limited30}}</ref> the EPA banned Inhance -- a Houston, Texas-based manufacturer that produces an estimated 200m containers annually with a process that creates, among other chemicals, PFOA -- from using the manufacturing process.<ref>{{cite news |last=Perkins vauthors|first=Tom |date=2024-03-30 Tom|title=US Perkinsappeals |court urlkills =ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFAS |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/30/pfas-ban-plastic-containers-court | title work= USThe appeals court kills ban on plastic containers contaminated with PFASGuardian |access-date=2024-03-30 | publisher = Guardian News & Media Limited}}</ref> In March, 2024, the Fifth Circuit federal appeals court overturned the ban. While the court did not deny the containers’ health risks, it said that the EPA could not regulate the manufactured containers under the statute it used.
