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PFAS, or per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, used to make products water and stain resistant, are so ubiquitous that they can be found in products ranging from cookware to food packaging to cosmetics. They have also seeped into drinking water sources and blood streams of human beings and animals and have been linked to diseases like cancer, liver, kidney disease, lowered immunity and birth defects. The law banning these ‘forever chemicals’ in all products by 2030, enacted by Maine, is therefore pathbreaking and “sends a clear signal to industry that we need to move quickly toward safer chemistry and away from toxic chemicals like PFAS,” says Sarah Doll, the national director of Safer States, a public health advocacy group.
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