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Rhode Island Enacts Firefighting PPE PFAS Ban
Rhode Island Firefighting PPE PFAS Ban (2025-S 0241 / 2025-H 5019)Rhode Island General AssemblyRhode Island, US
Announced
Jun 16, 2025
Implementation
Jan 1, 2027
Description
Governor McKee signed legislation (2025-S 0241, 2025-H 5019) on June 16, 2025 prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or distribution of firefighting personal protective equipment (FPPE) containing intentionally added PFAS in Rhode Island. The law covers gloves, helmets, jackets, pants, respiratory equipment, and shoes worn by firefighting personnel. Manufacturers selling FPPE must provide written notice at time of sale if equipment contains PFAS. This expands upon the 2024 Consumer PFAS Ban Act which addressed Class B firefighting foam.
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Rhode Island Enacts Firefighting PPE PFAS Ban
. Speakman to prohibit the manufacture, sale or distribution of any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally added PFAS chemicals in Rhode Island beginning Jan. 1, 2027 has been signed into law. The legislation is one more step in protecting Rhode Islanders from PFAS — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — toxic “forever chemicals” that are now in water supplies, air and in the blood of nea