California Bill To Ban Most PFAS Uses Clears Panel, But Faces Uphill Battle

A California Senate environmental committee has passed a bill to ban the sale of products with intentionally added PFAS that are not deemed to have “essential uses” and for which no other alternatives exist, but the measure faces an uphill battle given strong opposition by industry and business groups and doubts about its feasibility. “We’re going to continue to work on this -- there is certainly some refinement that has to happen. But the scope and size of this problem...