Maryland PIRG: What’s Next for Toxic ‘Forever Chemicals’?

I am grateful the Maryland legislature has taken bold, bipartisan action to protect Maryland families and firefighters from PFAS. The state Senate and House of Delegates voted unanimously to pass the George “Walter” Taylor Act to restrict the use and disposal of toxic PFAS chemicals. Del. Sara Love (D-Montgomery) and Sen. Sarah Elfreth (D-Anne Arundel) sponsored the bill, and Gov. Lawrence J. Hogan Jr. (R) signed it into law April 21. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of more than 9,000 toxic chemicals that are used to make a wide variety of products water and grease resistant.