Rhode Island Enacts Statutory Ban on Consumer Products and Firefighting Foams with Intentionally Added PFAS

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In late June 2024, Rhode Island joined the growing list of states that have enacted phased bans on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of various types of products containing PFAS. Rhode Island’s statute, entitled the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024, applies to the manufacture and sale of new products within certain product categories, and states up front the legislature’s intent: to ban uses of PFAS – broadly defined in the statute to include “any member of the class of fluorinated organic…
By: Fox Rothschild LLP
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