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California enacts AB 2515 banning PFAS in menstrual products
PFAS CaliforniaCalifornia LegislatureCalifornia
Announced
Sep 30, 2024
Description
AB 2515 (Chapter 1008, Statutes of 2024) prohibits the manufacture, sale, delivery, holding, or offering for sale in California of menstrual products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Expands California's comprehensive PFAS product restrictions beyond existing categories (textiles, cosmetics, juvenile products, food packaging).
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California enacts AB 2515 banning PFAS in menstrual products
’s feeding, sucking, or teething products under SB 1266 (Limon, Chapter 790, Statutes of 2024). Chemical bans and the Safer Consumer Products Program: In 2008, California enacted AB 1879 (Feuer and Huffman, Chapter 559, Statutes of 2008) to establish a science-based regulatory process for identifying and prioritizing [...] and, in 2022, when it adopted as a Priority Product any new treatments containing PFAS for use