The requirements for PFAS compliance in 2026 now extend beyond chemical manufacturers to include all product categories. Manufacturing companies face new operational challenges because the "out of scope" designation no longer exists after the EPA TSCA Section 8(a)(7) PFAS reporting and state-level PFAS restrictions and worldwide PFAS regulations through REACH. Three executive positions in a company together with compliance officers now consider PFAS to be a substantial business hazard which affects their access to markets and their customer agreements and their risk of lawsuits and their overall company value. The existing manual compliance processes that use supplier questionnaires together with spreadsheets and PDFs cannot handle the required material-level PFAS tracking which needs to operate throughout international supply networks. The PFAS compliance process at manufacturers requires AI-powered compliance automation together with real-time regulatory intelligence and verified
