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House backs expanded ban on PFAS in consumer products, adds cleaning products and dental floss
Summary
House Committee on Environment reported a consolidated, amended PFAS consumer-products bill that widens prohibitions, tightens textile PFAS thresholds, phases in fluorine-treated container limits, and requires multiple reports from the Agency of Natural Resources.
The Vermont House on March 13 advanced House Bill 238, a comprehensive revision and consolidation of prior PFAS consumer-product restrictions, after a detailed presentation by Representative Chapin of East Montpelier.
H 238 would maintain the consumer-product prohibitions enacted last year in Act 131 and add three product categories to the list of items that cannot be manufactured, sold or distributed in Vermont if PFAS were intentionally added: cleaning products, dental floss and fluorine-treated containers. The bill also lowers the allowed PFAS level in textiles from 100 parts per million to 50 parts per million effective July 1, 2027, and moves several…
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