Maine Board Approves Motion to Adopt Rule on PFAS in Products; CUU Proposals for Products Prohibited as of January 1, 2026, Are Due June 1, 2025
11 Apr 2025
Under the approved rule, CUU requests for products scheduled to be prohibited January 1, 2026, are due June 1, 2025. The products containing intentionally added PFAS that are scheduled to be prohibited include: cleaning products; cookware; cosmetics; and others.
RI Senate passes bill to protect firefighters from PFAS
11 Apr 2025
The Rhode Island Senate passed a bill aimed at protecting firefighters from cancer-causing chemicals.
A PFAS First: New Mexico Exempts Fluoropolymers From Its PFAS Product Ban
9 Apr 2025
Yesterday, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed the first state ban on products with intentionally added PFAS to exempt fluoropolymers.
Oregon moves to regulate harmful ‘forever chemicals’
2 Apr 2025
Oregon’s list of regulated hazardous substances is getting its first update in nearly two decades with the addition of six “forever chemicals” known to harm human health.
EPA limits remain on 'forever chemicals' – for now. See what's in your drinking water.
28 Mar 2025
More than 37 million Americans drink water from systems that exceed limits on toxic "forever chemicals," according to USA TODAY's analysis of the first update of Environmental Protection Agency data under the Trump administration.
FDA bars Chinese seafood companies from doing business in US after disturbing discovery found in imported clams — here's what it found
28 Mar 2025
Any attempt to enter the U.S. will lead to automatic detention at the border, without any physical inspection.
New Mexico set to become third state to implement full PFAS product ban
27 Mar 2025
The concurrent pieces of legislation, which have both passed through the state Legislature, would prohibit most items that contain these compounds, while also deeming specific types of discarded firefighting foam as hazardous waste.
'Forever Chemical' legislation in Maryland fails
26 Mar 2025
A legislative effort to limit the amount of so-called "forever chemicals" released into Maryland’s environment has failed.
Canada Releases Final State of PFAS Report and Proposed Risk Management Approach
24 Mar 2025
On March 5, 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced the availability of its final State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report and proposed risk management approach for PFAS, excluding fluoropolymers.
Maine Considers Bill to Establish Maximum Levels of PFAS in Farm Products
20 Mar 2025
If passed, Maine’s SB130, titled An Act to Establish the PFAS Response Program and to Modify the Fund To Address PFAS Contamination, would be the first state law to establish PFAS limits in food.
New bill proposes to extinguish PFAS chemicals in firefighter protective gear by 2027
18 Mar 2025
On March 6, the Rhode Island House of Representatives passed a new bill aiming to ban “the manufacture, sale or distribution” of firefighting personal protective equipment containing PFAS by 2027.
EPA PFAS Reporting Deadline Extended
14 Mar 2025
In response to President Trump’s memo titled “Regulatory Freeze Pending Review,” the EPA delayed until March 21, 2025, the effective date of a January 2025 regulation adding nine PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory.
Canada will add PFAS, which are linked to cancer and other health problems, to toxic substances list
10 Mar 2025
Move does not ban PFAS, but starts a process to restrict them in various consumer and industrial products.
Supreme Court sends PFAS rules case between state, 3M back to lower court
7 Mar 2025
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday ordered a lower court to reconsider a case governing the future of Michigan regulations that seek to crack down on so-called "forever chemicals" in water supplies.