PFAS: United States Key Regulatory Developments

PFAS: United States Key Regulatory Developments – Whitepaper Overview:

As we review the legislation of chemicals in the months moving forward in 2025, we find many US states with proposed new and amending legislation and regulation of ”Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl substances”, or “PFAS”.

PFAS is known as a “forever chemical” in that it does not break down and can persist for decades.

This whitepaper is an overview of regulation and legislation of PFAS in the US and its states, covering October 2024 to March 2025. It provides an update on legislation and rules affecting product manufacturing, sale, distribution, and new registration and reporting requirements.

This Whitepaper Covers:

• US Federal Regulations
• Enacted US State Bills
• Proposed US State Bills and Regulation

*This whitepaper was originally published on 7th April, 2025. Further regulatory developments may have occurred after publication. To keep up-to-date with the latest compliance news, sign up to our newsletter.

Authors

Victoria Smart, Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist, Compliance & Risks

Victoria is a Senior Regulatory Compliance Specialist with the Global Regulatory Compliance team specializing in the topics of Chemicals in Products and Energy Efficiency for the USA.

Before joining Compliance & Risks in 2008, Victoria was a senior legal analyst at major California law firms in complex/significant litigation on intellectual property, labor class action, and environmental law; and was the operations manager for a software company.