Maine to ban ‘forever chemicals’ in food packaging

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Environmental regulators in Maine are taking steps to ban 'forever chemicals' in food packaging, becoming one of a handful of states to make the move.

Environmental regulators in Maine are taking steps to ban"forever chemicals" in food packaging, becoming one of a handful of states to make the move.

Maine passed a law in 2021 that lays out a plan to phase out all PFAS in products sold in the state by 2030. "What we have heard is that the major manufacturers of food packaging in the United States have all now moved away from PFAS," she said.

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