New Jersey Enacts PFAS-in-Products Statute with Category-Based Sales Ban, Labeling for Cookware, and Funding of Source Reduction and Research Programs

On January 12, 2026, before leaving office, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed S.B. 1042, the “Protecting Against Forever Chemicals Act,” into law, thus adding the Garden State to the list of states that have enacted legislative bans on the sale of certain product categories that contain intentionally added PFAS.... By: Fox Rothschild LLP