On Monday, some of these industry leaders as well as environmental experts shared feedback with the environment committee on the rollout of the new law.
Kyla Bennett from Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility urged legislators to set regulations on PFAS using the precautionary principle — meaning when activity raises a threat to human or environmental health, precautionary measures should be taken, even if the cause and effect relationships are not yet fully understood scientifically.
Bennett said the risk to human life should supersede products of convenience, such as water-proof mascara, that often have PFAS. “Let the mascara run,” Bennett said.