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As of June 2024, 11 U.S. states and two territories have passed statewide legislation to explicitly ban polystyrene foam: In 2019, Maryland was the first state to enact a ban, which went into effect on October 1, 2020. [79] Bans were also passed that year in Maine and Vermont, with both states' laws taking effect on July 1, 2021. [80] [81]
San Francisco is poised to become the first city in the U.S. to ban firefighter clothing made with PFAS, also known as forever chemicals.
PFAS have been a subject of multiple lawsuits worldwide. [245] [246] [247] In the United States, settlements stemming from PFAS pollution claims have reached $18 billion by 2024. [248] In 2023, Sweden's Supreme Court set a legal precedent by awarding damages to citizens who were supplied PFAS contaminated drinking water. [249]
According to Safer States, a national alliance of environmental health organizations, 30 states have adopted policies restricting PFAS in some form. Fifteen states banned the use of PFAS in ...
A new EU drinking water directive issued in 2020 adopted PFAS limit values. The limit values are 0.1 μg/L for the sum of 20 PFASs including PFHxS, and 0.5 μg/L for the sum of all PFASs. This directive is binding for all EU member nations. It is a minimum directive, and member states can elect to adopt stricter regulations. [19]
California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta announced that the state has sued the manufacturers of 'forever chemicals' such as PFAS, which are linked to cancer.
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In 2020, a California bill banned its use as an intentionally added ingredient in cosmetics. [5] It has been proposed as a chemical probe to study peroxisome proliferation. [6] [7] Perfluorodecanoic acid (PFDA) is a member of the group of polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), more specific is it also a perfluoroalkyl acid (PFAA).