“Turning Off the Tap” On Toxic Chemicals

The Issue: PFAS are found in many everyday products including dental floss, cleaning products, cookware, ski wax, architectural paint, rugs, and floor polish. Studies continue to show that PFAS are especially dangerous to human health. In April 2024, the EPA declared that there is no safe level of PFAS and regulated its presence in drinking water in the low parts per trillion - a previously unimaginably low threshold. The only way to stop PFAS from entering the environment is by restricting its use in the products we use.

The Bill: S9073A (Harckham) / A7738A (Glick)
This bill will prohibit the intentionally added PFAS in products like: textile articles, rugs, fabric treatments, cookware, ski waxes, architectural paints,  cleaning products, and dental floss sold in New York State. 

Take Action: Click here to send a message to the NYS Assembly to bring the Ban on PFAS in Consumer Products bill to the floor for a vote. 

Bill Sponsors: Senator Harckham, Senate District 40 / Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee (Assembly District 66)

Bill Co-sponsors: 

Senate: MAYER Does your Senator support this bill? Find your Senator here.

Assembly: Lasher, Rosenthal, Shrestha, Woerner, Shimsky, Burdick, Gallagher, Epstein, Kelles, McDonald, Reyes, Lunsford, Hevesi, Dinowitz, Simon, Colton, Levenberg, Griffin, Forrest, Otis, Schiavoni, Stirpe, Steck, Carroll P, Paulin, Solages, Jacobson, Simone, Raga, Alvarez, Kassay, Cruz, Brown K, Seawright, Romero, Carroll R, Rajkumar, Stern, McMahon, Gibbs, Kay, DeStefano, Cunningham, Hunter, Meeks, Lupardo, Davila, Bronson, Lee, Tapia, Gonzalez-Rojas, Bendett, Santabarbara Does your Assemblymember support this bill? Find your Assemblymember here.

Bill status: 

Senate: The Ban on PFAS in Consumer Products passed the Senate on February 10th, 2026 with 52 Y votes and 10 N votes.

Assembly: The Ban on PFAS in Consumer Products moved out of the Environmental Conservation committee (23 Y / 6 N), and is now in the Codes committee. 

Obstacles: misinformation on affordability and how the bill will impact accessibility of products (NB: this bill bans the class of PFAS chemicals, not the products listed)

Organizations supporting the Ban on PFAS in Consumer Products:  American Academy of Pediatrics New York Chapter (NYSAAP), Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE), CLean Air Action Network (CAAN), Earthjustice, Environmental Advocates New York (EANY), Firefighters Association of the State of New York (FASNY), JustGreen Partnership (JGP), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Newburgh Clean Water Project (NCWP), New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV), New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG), New York Sustainable Business Council (NYSBC), New York Water Environment Association (NYWEA), Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY), PFOA Project NY, Riverkeeper, Save the Sounds, Seneca Lake Guardian, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, WE ACT for Environmental Justice, Weaving Voices for Health & Justice

The Issue: The average American woman uses 13 personal care and cosmetic products and is exposed to more than 114 chemicals before leaving the house each morning; the average man uses 11 per day, and is exposed to 105 chemicals. Many of these products - e.g., shampoo, face wash, cosmetics, and shaving cream - contain heavy metals, formaldehyde, phthalates, parabens, benzene, and PFAS, that are associated with asthma, allergies, hormone disruption, neurodevelopmental problems, infertility, and even cancer.

Small exposures over time can add up to big harm - even tiny doses of some substances, such as hormone-disrupting chemicals, are dangerous. Although this information is widely available, federal ingredient disclosure requirements fail to educate and protect consumers on the health impacts of ingredients in products. The U.S. also lags behind global standards, only restricting a handful of chemicals, whereas the European Union has banned over 2,500. Many of these products, including hair straighteners and skin lightening creams, are especially harmful to Black women and other people of color who are specifically targeted in marketing campaigns.

The Bill:S2057A (Webb)/ A2054A (Glick) This bill will ban the worst toxic ingredients in personal care products and cosmetics, focused on those that are disproportionately harmful to women and people of color.

Take action: Click here to send a message to the NYS Assembly to bring the Beauty Justice Act to the floor for a vote.

Bill sponsors

Senator Lea Webb, Senate District 52

Assemblymember Deborah Glick, Chair of the Environmental Conservation Committee (Assembly District 66)

Bill Cosponsors

Senate: RIVERA, ADDABBO, BASKIN, BRISPORT, BROUK, BYNOE, CLEARE, COMRIE, FAHY, FERNANDEZ, GIANARIS, GONZALEZ, GOUNARDES, HARCKHAM, HINCHEY, HOYLMAN-SIGAL, JACKSON, KAVANAGH, KRUEGER, LIU, MAY, MAYER, OBERACKER, PARKER, PERSAUD, RYAN C, RYAN S, SALAZAR, SANDERS, SEPULVEDA, SERRANO, SKOUFIS. Does your Senator support this bill? If they aren’t listed here, Find your Senator here and ask them to co-sponsor and ensure it comes up for a vote.

Assembly: Lunsford, Rosenthal, Colton, Steck, Simone, Shimsky, Simon, Ramos, Taylor, Lee, Kelles, Dinowitz, Durso, Gandolfo, Novakhov, Stern, Jacobson, Rozic, Rajkumar, McMahon, Anderson, Kim, Barrett, Santabarbara, Epstein, Clark, Ra, Forrest, Bichotte Hermelyn, Carroll R, Paulin, Mamdani, Seawright, Shrestha, Slater, Cunningham, Eachus, Sayegh, Gallagher, Otis, Levenberg, Brown K, Reyes, Woerner, Hunter, Benedetto, Meeks, Bronson, Pheffer Amato, Manktelow, Jensen, Gallahan, Burdick, Raga, Lupardo, Gonzalez-Rojas, Weprin, Simpson, Bores, Bendett, DeStefano, Hevesi, Blumencranz, Tapia, Kay, Griffin, Romero, Schiavoni, Alvarez, Wright, Kassay, Valdez, Lasher, McDonald, Solages, Mitaynes, Stirpe, Davila, Gibbs, De Los Santos, Zinerman, Lavine, Conrad, Carroll P, Burke, Dilan, Rivera. Does your Assemblymember support this bill? If they aren’t listed here, Find your Assemblymember hereand ask them to co-sponsor and ensure it comes up for a vote.

Bill Status:

Senate: The Beauty Justice Act passed the Senate on June 12th, 2025 with 53 Y votes and 6 N votes. Due to Senate process, the bill was returned to the Environmental Conservation at the beginning of 2026.

Assembly: The Beauty Justice Act moved out of the Environmental Conservation committee (30 Y / 0 N), out of the Codes Committee (20 Y / 6 N), and is now in the Ways & Means committee. 

Obstacles: misinformation on affordability and how the bill will impact accessibility of products (NB: this bill bans the chemicals, not products)

Organizations supporting the Beauty Justice Act: New York Sustainable Business Council (NYSBC); Silent Spring Institute; JustGreen Partnership (JGP); National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); Huntington Breast Cancer Action Coalition (HBCAC); Buffalo Niagara Waterkeeper; Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE); Earthjustice; Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter (SCAC); Environmental Working Group (EWG); Environmental Advocates New York (EANY); Sterling Water Stewards; Health Nail Salons Coalition; New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV); Rockland Water Coalition; Save the Sound; Clean Air Action Network (CAAN); Newburgh Clean Water Project (NCWP); PFOA Project NY; Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY); Made Safe; Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC); American Academy of Pediatrics New York Chapter (NYSAAP); WE ACT for Environmental Justice; Clean Beauty for Black Girls; California Health Nail Salon Collaborative; California Black Health Network; Weaving Voices for Health & Justice (WVE - formerly Women's Voices for the Earth); Hair Love Therapy; Breast Cancer Prevention Partners (BCPP); Toxic-Free Future; Campaign for Safe Cosmetics; Clearya; Consumer Reports; Riverkeeper; New York Lawyers for the Public Interest (NYLPI); New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPRIG); American Sustainable Business Council (ASBC); BLK+GRN; New York Committee for Occupational Safety (NYCOSH).