Vermont Legislature Backs PFAS Ban For Many Consumer Products

Vermont’s state legislature is unanimously supporting a bill that would ban per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in a host of products, setting up what could be the first attempt by a state to implement broad, class-based limits on perfluorinated chemicals that environmentalists have sought for years under TSCA and state law. The bill known as S. 20 has already cleared Vermont’s state Senate on a unanimous vote and on May 4 won universal support in the state House of Representatives...