US States Consider Ban on Cosmetics With ‘Forever Chemicals’

US States Consider Ban on Cosmetics With ‘Forever Chemicals’
A worker (L) tends to a customer at a cosmetics shop in Los Angeles on May 20, 2021. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP Photo
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A growing number of state legislatures are considering bans on cosmetics and other consumer products that contain a group of synthetic, potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS.

In Vermont, the state Senate gave final approval this week to legislation that would prohibit manufacturers and suppliers from selling or distributing any cosmetics or menstrual products in the state that have perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, as well as a number of other chemicals.