Press Kit: PFAS Law Maps, Numbers and Embeds

Numbers, maps and an embeddable map for stories about state PFAS laws. Everything here is free to use with credit to PFAS Regulations and a link to pfasregs.com. Figures are as of October 7, 2026.

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Key numbers

17states ban intentionally added PFAS in at least one consumer product: 13 in force today and 4 scheduled.
31states ban or restrict PFAS firefighting foam.
9states have consumer product bans that take effect in 2027: California, Colorado, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Florida, Illinois and Massachusetts add firefighting foam or gear bans that year.
3states will ban intentionally added PFAS in all products, with exemptions: Maine, Minnesota and New Mexico.
7states will have banned PFAS in cookware once every enacted date arrives.
361provisions in the register, each with its effective date, status and primary source.

Counts cover the 50 states and DC. A ban means a prohibition on selling products with intentionally added PFAS in a category; use limits, reporting and labeling duties are counted separately. The method page explains each status.

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Map images

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States that ban PFAS in consumer products, tile map by state — **States that ban PFAS in consumer products**As of October 7, 2026. Download PNG

State PFAS product bans in 2027, tile map by state — **State PFAS product bans in 2027**As of January 1, 2027. Download PNG

State PFAS product bans in 2032, tile map by state — **State PFAS product bans in 2032**As of January 1, 2032. Download PNG

State PFAS bans on cookware, tile map by state — **State PFAS bans on cookware**As of October 7, 2026. Download PNG

State PFAS bans on cosmetics, tile map by state — **State PFAS bans on cosmetics**As of October 7, 2026. Download PNG

State PFAS bans on food packaging, tile map by state — **State PFAS bans on food packaging**As of October 7, 2026. Download PNG

State PFAS bans on apparel, tile map by state — **State PFAS bans on apparel**As of October 7, 2026. Download PNG

State PFAS firefighting foam laws, tile map by state — **State PFAS firefighting foam laws**As of October 7, 2026. Download PNG

State PFAS reporting duties, tile map by state — **State PFAS reporting duties**As of October 7, 2026. Download PNG

Dates to plan coverage around

Bans and duties starting in the next 15 months. The calendar feeds put them in your newsroom calendar.

October 10, 2026
European Union (apparel and textiles, cosmetics, food packaging and other named products)
October 23, 2026
European Union (firefighting foam)
December 14, 2026
Minnesota (reporting)
December 19, 2026
New York (menstrual products)
December 31, 2026
New York (artificial turf and carpets and rugs)
January 1, 2027
California (apparel and textiles, menstrual products, textile furnishings and upholstered furniture); Colorado (textile furnishings and upholstered furniture); Delaware (firefighter gear); Illinois (firefighter gear and firefighting foam); Massachusetts (firefighter gear); New Hampshire (carpets and rugs, children's products, cosmetics, fabric treatments, food packaging, menstrual products, ski wax, textile furnishings and upholstered furniture); New Mexico (children's products, cookware, dental floss, firefighting foam, food packaging and reporting); New York (apparel and textiles); New Zealand (cosmetics); Oregon (cosmetics); Rhode Island (apparel and textiles, carpets and rugs, children's products, cookware, cosmetics, fabric treatments, firefighter gear, menstrual products, ski wax and textile furnishings); Washington (apparel and textiles, cleaning products and other named products)
January 20, 2027
New Jersey (firefighter gear)
January 31, 2027
United States (federal) (reporting); Washington (reporting)
February 1, 2027
Minnesota (reporting)
April 23, 2027
European Union (firefighting foam)
April 26, 2027
United States (federal) (drinking water)
July 1, 2027
Florida (firefighting foam); Vermont (cleaning products, dental floss and other named products)
October 10, 2027
European Union (carpets and rugs and textile furnishings)
January 1, 2028
California (firefighting foam); Colorado (apparel and textiles, cleaning products and other named products); Connecticut (apparel and textiles, carpets and rugs, children's products, cleaning products, cookware, cosmetics, dental floss, fabric treatments, firefighter gear, menstrual products, ski wax, textile furnishings and upholstered furniture); Delaware (firefighting foam); Minnesota (firefighting foam); New Mexico (apparel and textiles, carpets and rugs, cleaning products, cosmetics, fabric treatments, menstrual products, reporting, ski wax, textile furnishings and upholstered furniture); New York (apparel and textiles and firefighter gear); New Zealand (cosmetics)

How to cite

PFAS Regulations. "PFAS laws by state, product by product." https://pfasregs.com/. Verified October 7, 2026.

For a state, product or date, link the page it comes from; each page carries its own verification date. Corrections are dated in the change log. The full dataset is available for research and journalism through the data page.