Overview
- Connecticut’s reporting and consumer-label rules for products with intentionally added PFAS took effect on July 1, 2026 and require manufacturers to submit supply-chain data and use DEEP‑approved labels such as an Erlenmeyer‑flask pictograph.
- New Mexico’s final consumer‑products rule also became effective July 1, 2026 and sets reporting deadlines, a flask‑style label for items made after January 1, 2027, and phased prohibitions through 2032 that industry groups are challenging in court.
- Industry coalitions and manufacturers have filed state and federal lawsuits arguing the labels and bans violate free‑speech and commerce protections and seeking injunctions against enforcement.
- On Thursday, July 9, 2026 New York’s attorney general sued major chemical makers including 3M, DuPont, Chemours and Corteva to recover cleanup costs and force consumer warnings for PFAS‑containing products.
- The EPA replaced a 272‑page draft biosolids risk assessment with a nine‑page guidance on July 8, 2026 and opened a 60‑day comment period, drawing criticism that shortening the science could delay national limits while states shoulder rising cleanup costs such as New Hampshire’s more than $223 million spent on PFAS response.