News & Press Category: Toxic-Free Products
In Important First Step, Maine Requires Reporting of a “Forever Chemical” in Consumer Products
Advocates call for passage of pending legislation to expand scope to all uses of all PFAS The Maine Board of Environmental Protection adopted a rule today requiring manufacturers to report the use of PFOS (perfluorooctanesulfonic acid) in a wide range of consumer products. Under Maine’s Kid Safe Products Act, the reporting requirement is a first step in… Read more »
Governor Janet Mills Signs Renewable Products Tax Credit into Law, Establishing Maine as Climate Leader with Incentive to Create Good Green Jobs
The competitive tax credit is projected to create or retain over 1,000 high-paying green jobs manufacturing climate-friendly products over the next ten years Maine business leaders, entrepreneurs, and environmental groups praised Governor Janet Mills for signing into law on Wednesday a tax credit that will create hundreds of good-paying jobs making climate-friendly products from renewable… Read more »