Ohio packaging and PFAS bills

What it would do: Prohibits installing, supplying, or selling playground surfacing materials in Ohio that contain lead or PFAS chemicals intentionally added for specific characteristics. Requires sellers to certify compliance and establishes civil penalties up to $2,500 per violation.

What it would do: Requires the Director of Environmental Protection to adopt rules establishing maximum contaminant levels in drinking water and water quality standards for PFAS, chromium-6, and other contaminants, considering other states' standards and peer-reviewed scientific studies.

What it would do: Prohibits manufacturers from selling products containing intentionally added PFAS in Ohio, including carpets, cleaning products, cookware, cosmetics, and juvenile products, with exceptions for currently unavoidable uses and federal preemption. Requires manufacturers to report PFAS information to the director.

What it would do: Prohibits sale of food dyes (Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3) and additives (titanium dioxide, brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, azodicarbonamide, BHT, BHA). Prohibits intentionally added PFAS in cookware, food packaging, dental floss, juvenile products, and firefighting foam immediately, and in carpets, cleaning products, cosmetics, fabric treatments, feminine hygiene products, textiles, textile furnishings, ski wax, and upholstered furniture beginning January 1, 2025. Prohibits atmospheric release of chemicals to affect temperature, weather, or sunlight. Revises fluoride requirements for public water systems.