The Vermont Legislature passed legislation (S.25) to ban per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) and other toxic chemicals from personal care products, and to ban PFAS from apparel, cookware, artificial turf, and children’s products. The bill includes a first-in-the-nation ban on phthalates, formaldehyde, mercury, and lead among other harmful chemicals in menstrual products, and the first ban on PFAS in incontinence products. Each vote on this bill in the Vermont Senate and House was unanimous, and it now heads to the governor’s desk for consideration.

After companies get federal or state contracts or grants and use PFAS in their manufacturing processes, taxpayers end up paying exorbitantly for PFAS remediation costs in water, soil, and more. Learn about the true costs of PFAS to all of us and to future generations.