Business groups push Maine agency to delay PFAS reporting law
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Business groups push Maine agency to delay PFAS reporting law

Several dozen firms and trade groups are urging the Maine Department of Environmental Safety to hold off new reporting prerequisites for merchandise that contains so-termed endlessly chemicals. But the new law’s sponsor said businesses that use PFAS experienced loads of time to prepare.

The Legislature not long ago handed a slew of bills working with the substances acknowledged as PFAS, which have been utilised for a long time in plenty of house merchandise but are rising as a best environmental and health and fitness problem. One new legislation calls for brands to begin reporting in January any products in which PFAS has been quotation “intentionally included.”

It’s a 1st stage toward a initial-in-the-country whole ban on PFAS in products and solutions starting up in 2030. But businesses are warning that they can’t fulfill a Jan. 1 reporting need.