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 November 10, 2026.
Key numbers
- 17states ban intentionally added PFAS in at least one consumer product: 13 in force today and 4 scheduled.
- 32states 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, Massachusetts and Pennsylvania 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.
- 375provisions 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.
Embed the map
The embed is the same interactive map, with the timeline and every product, sized for an article column. It loads no analytics and sets no cookies on your readers. Pick the product it opens on:
<iframe src="https://pfasregs.com/embed/map" title="PFAS laws by state, interactive map" width="100%" height="720" style="border:0;max-width:100%" loading="lazy"></iframe>
<p style="font-size:13px">Map: <a href="https://pfasregs.com/">PFAS Regulations</a></p>Map images
Ready for articles and slides at 2000 pixels wide, with the key and source line built in.









Dates to plan coverage around
Bans and duties starting in the next 15 months. The calendar feeds put them in your newsroom calendar.
- December 2, 2026
New Mexico (reporting) - December 14, 2026
Minnesota (reporting) - December 16, 2026
New Zealand (other named products) - December 19, 2026
New York (menstrual products) - December 31, 2026
New York (artificial turf and carpets and rugs) - January 1, 2027
Australia (other named products); 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 20, 2027
Pennsylvania (firefighter gear) - April 23, 2027
European Union (firefighting foam) - April 26, 2027
United States (federal) (drinking water) - July 1, 2027
Florida (firefighting foam); Pennsylvania (firefighting foam); Vermont (cleaning products, dental floss and other named products) - October 10, 2027
European Union (carpets and rugs and textile furnishings)
How to cite
PFAS Regulations. "PFAS laws by state, product by product." https://pfasregs.com/. Verified November 10, 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.