The PFAS Protection Act, passed in the 2025 Legislative Session, phases out consumer products with intentionally-added PFAS, making sure forever chemicals don\u2019t find their way into New Mexicans\u2019 homes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Starting January 1, 2027, products such as cookware, food packaging, dental floss, juvenile products, and firefighting foam are banned. On January 1, 2028, it expands to include carpets, cleaning items, cosmetics, fabrics, feminine hygiene products, textiles, ski wax, upholstered furniture, By January 1, 2032, virtually all non\u2011exempt products containing intentionally added PFAS are prohibited unless deemed a \u201ccurrently unavoidable use\u201d by the Environmental Improvement Board.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Manufacturers must also begin reporting detailed information about PFAS content in their products by 2027. The legislation includes important exemptions and enforcement provisions \u2014 such medical devices and electronic \u2014 where PFAS is essential and does not pose serious harm to those using the products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Under the PFAS Protection Act, the New Mexico Environment Department is required to pass rules through the Environmental Improvement Board, or EIB, to govern the processes, requirements, and enforcement of the new law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NMED filed its proposed rules to the EIB on Oct. 8. They can be viewed here<\/a>. In addition, NMED has opened a public comment portal<\/a> for those wishing to provide feedback on the proposed rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As part of the rulemaking process, NMED has and will continue holding a series of public engagements to allow New Mexicans to ask learn and ask questions about the PFAS Protection Act:<\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The PFAS Protection Act, passed in the 2025 Legislative Session, phases out consumer products with intentionally-added PFAS, making sure forever chemicals don\u2019t find their way into New Mexicans\u2019 homes. Starting January 1, 2027, products such as cookware, food packaging, dental floss, juvenile products, and firefighting foam are banned. On January 1, 2028, it expands to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/pfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/pfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/pfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/pfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=250"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/pfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":307,"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/pfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/250\/revisions\/307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.env.nm.gov\/pfas\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=250"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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