South Carolina packaging and PFAS bills

What it would do: Recognizes January 2025 as Professional Firefighter Cancer Awareness Month in South Carolina to honor firefighters' sacrifices, increase public awareness about cancer risks they face, and promote actions to mitigate those risks.

What it would do: Directs the South Carolina Department of Environmental Services to develop comprehensive PFAS guidelines in collaboration with the EPA, establishing science-based thresholds for safe and dangerous PFAS levels in drinking water, surface water, groundwater, and soil, with a report due within one year.

What it would do: Establishes a beverage container recycling program requiring deposit beverage distributors to register with the Department of Revenue and pay five-cent deposits on containers, with certified redemption centers accepting returns and refunding deposits beginning April 1, 2027.

What it would do: Requires the Department of Environmental Services to promulgate regulations within 180 days prohibiting the discharge of any contaminant level of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate, into state waterways and drinking water supplies.

What it would do: Requires all firefighters, including volunteer firefighters, to be tested annually for the presence of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in their bloodstreams, and directs the State Fire Marshal to promulgate regulations to implement and enforce this requirement.