ALBANY, NY — Today legislators and the PFAS-Free New York coalition gathered in Albany to call for urgent action to pass package of bills for the 2024 legislative session that would curb PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination in New York State. The bills call for eliminating PFAS in key consumer and household products (A3556A/S5648-A), in personal care and cosmetic products (A6969/S4265), and in menstrual products (A5990/S3529); as well as a bill to track the levels of PFAS in effluent released into waterways (A3296A/S227-B).
Addressing PFAS contamination in the environment and human bodies begins with the elimination of everyday items that utilize these chemicals, like cookware, dental floss, paint, tampons, and more. PFAS are known as “forever chemicals” because they are extremely resistant to breakdown, or break down into other persistent PFAS when…