BILL NO. 34
(as introduced)
1st Session, 65th General Assembly
Nova Scotia
3 Charles III, 2025
Private Member's Public Bill
Forever Chemicals Prohibition Act
The Honourable Iain Rankin
Timberlea–Prospect
First Reading: February 24, 2025
Second Reading:
Third Reading:
An Act Respecting
the Sale of Products Containing
Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Be it enacted by the Governor and Assembly as follows:
1 This Act may be cited as the Forever Chemicals Prohibition Act.
"essential product" means a product containing intentionally added PFAS that is essential for health, safety or the functioning of society and for which an alternative not containing PFAS is not reasonably available;
"intentionally added PFAS" means PFAS deliberately added during the manufacture of a product where the continued presence of PFAS is desired in the final product or one of the product's components to perform a specific function;
"PFAS" means perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
3 On and after January 1, 2028, no person shall sell or offer for sale in the Province any product that contains intentionally added PFAS, unless the product is
(a) a medical device approved by Health Canada; or
4 A person who contravenes this Act is guilty of an offence.
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