FPA Signs Coalition Letter Opposing Maryland’s SB 68

The undersigned organizations are writing in opposition to SB 686, legislation that would phase out products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Maryland. As written, SB 686 represents one of the broadest PFAS product bans in the nation and would have sweeping and unintended consequences across nearly every sector of Maryland’s economy. SB 686 would prohibit the sale of numerous consumer and commercial products containing intentionally added PFAS, defined broadly to include any deliberate use of a chemical where its continued presence provides a specific characteristic. The bill also adopts an expansive “one fully fluorinated carbon atom” definition for PFAS.