California Assembly OKs Bills Banning ‘Juvenile,’ Other Products With PFAS

The California Assembly has advanced two bills that would ban the sale of “juvenile” products and food packaging that contain per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) while also tightening labeling mandates for cookware manufacturers, including a ban on claiming that products are free of substances that belong to chemical classes like PFAS. The bills, which are opposed by chemical and product manufacturing groups, would bypass the state toxics department’s landmark Safer Consumer Products (SCP) green chemistry program -- a program that...