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Title 38, §1614: Products containing PFAS (mainelegislature.org)
58 points by goplayoutside on Oct 17, 2023 | hide | past | favorite | 13 comments


Context:

Maine has a law, passed in 2021, that requires a disclosure for consumer products that contain PFAS.

I learned about it from this[0] article that says some businesses aren't happy because compliance is difficult and expensive, they claim, due to supply chain issues.

0. https://www.newscentermaine.com/amp/article/tech/science/env...



Their definition of PFAS is interesting... it says:

> substances that include any member of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.

Isn't that pretty much all of modern chemistry?


Organic chemistry != containing fluorine. Maybe you meant chlorine, which is a common ingredient?

According to Wikipedia, it's the definition used by the OECD from ~2021.

Probably doesn't matter much, as it refers to the same group of substances: carbon-based, containing fluorine atoms such that it doesn't break down in the environment.



Some more explanation would have been helpful OP


The post originally had a descriptive title, but was renamed. I defer to dang.

"Maine has a law that requires disclosure for products containing PFAS.


tl;dr anybody?


From 2023: sale of PFAS containing products requires notice to the relevant authority. Some of these products banned.

From 2030: Sale of all PFAS containing products banned.

Some exemptions apply, like for products deemed indispensible & for which no alternative exists.


Ban on carbon double bonds with fluorine.

But there are lots of exceptions in it that you can use if you can't make your product any other way.


i only read the bold parts but "5. Prohibition on sale of products containing intentionally added PFAS." sounded important

in maine


Maine has a new-ish law requiring companies that use PFAS aka "forever chemicals" to report their use (and down the line banning a number of products) or be held liable for things I guess. Companies are pushing back because they claim they don't know which things included in their products contain forever chemicals because they come further down the supply chain from like other sources around the globe. I guess this is a link to the law?


Here's an article about it from 2021 just after it was passed..... (don't think it took effect til this year maybe)

https://www.science.org/content/article/maine-s-ban-forever-...




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