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• The cookware industry has a major fight brewing over PFAS claims

  News

  26 May 2026 | Wired

  The National Advertising Division ruled that Caraway could continue to advertise its products as “nontoxic” and “PFAS-free,” but it should avoid specific claims in its advertising, including that other nonstick cookware “can release toxins into your food and home during ordinary, manufacturer-recommended use.”

• [Video] Maine nonprofit seeks volunteers to help find products containing PFAS

  News

  8 May 2026 | News Center Maine

  Defend Our Health has coordinated with the Maine Department of Public Health to send volunteers into stores to verify that products, such as cookware, do not contain PFAS.

• Phase out ‘forever chemicals’ in cookware and school uniforms, MPs urge in warning on PFAS pollution

  Policy

  27 Apr 2026

  The Committee also calls for the Government to take a stronger approach to regulating PFAS, to ensure that those who pollute waterways and soil pay for it to be cleaned up, establish a national fund for remediation and invest in technologies to destroy these chemicals safely.

• Ban 'forever chemicals' in uniforms and frying pans, MPs urge

  News

  27 Apr 2026 | BBC

  A group of Parliament Members has now called for a complete ban on their use, unless manufacturers can demonstrate they are either essential for their product or there is no alternative chemical.

• [Public Comment] Consultation on the SEAC draft opinion on restricting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – Guidance for respondents

  Policy

  30 Mar 2026

  This second public consultation will differ from the first by focusing only on uses, derogations, and alternatives, using a survey format with limited space for responses and no attachments, and reflecting SEAC’s detailed evaluation of only the 14 sectors included in the original 2023 restriction proposal due to time constraints.

• New Jersey Enacts PFAS-in-Products Statute with Category-Based Sales Ban, Labeling for Cookware, and Funding of Source Reduction and Research Programs

  Policy

  2 Mar 2026

  Under S.B. 1042, PFAS is defined as “substances that include any member of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.” Fluoropolymers are not exempted.

• Worried about forever chemicals? There's 1 simple trick that will immediately reduce your exposure

  News

  27 Feb 2026 | HuffPost

  “One of the things that I like to recommend since it’s just so easy, is that washing your hands before you eat can greatly reduce chemical exposures in your body since things like flame retardants and other things stick to dust — they get on our hands or whatnot,” Stoiber said.

• Diet and everyday product use and serum per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances levels in the Korean population: Findings from the Korean national environmental health survey

  Science

  23 Feb 2026 | Environ. Res.

  Higher serum PFAS levels were most strongly associated with seafood intake, especially fish and shellfish, and with use of food contact materials such as disposable paper cups, plastic pouches, and coated cookware, while a distinct pattern suggested PFHxS may be more closely linked to fast food consumption and personal care or household products.

• The seven best non-toxic cooking pans in the US, tested in a food lab

  News

  21 Feb 2026 | The Guardian

  Many brands test for these chemicals, or use materials that limit chemical exposure while staying nonstick and cooking well.

• Why are famous Chefs Fighting to keep ‘Forever Chemicals’ in cookware?

  News

  11 Dec 2025 | Atmos

  A bill phasing out the sale of nonstick pans made with polytetrafluoroethylene—a type of PFAS 'forever chemical'—cleared the state legislature in September with overwhelming support.

• Washington adopts new PFAS protections to safeguard public health and prevent pollution

  Policy

  21 Nov 2025

  For each product category, Ecology had the option to restrict PFAS, require reporting, or take no action based on the availability of safer solutions.

• Changes in the levels and predictors of per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in maternal plasma, relative to timelines of EPA PFOA Stewardship

  Science

  18 Oct 2025 | Environ. Int.

  PFOS, PFOA, PFHxS, PFHpS, and Me-PFOSA-AcOH declined over time after EPA’s PFOA Stewardship Program, but other PFAS such as PFNA, PFUnA, PFDeA, PFDoA, and GenX increased especially among non-White mothers, and higher levels were linked to eating fish/shellfish and vegetables, working, and having carpet or pets during pregnancy, showing that policies reduced some PFAS but exposure sources and inequities remain.

• Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food and its contribution to human exposure.

  Science

  15 Oct 2025 | Curr. Opin. Food Sci.

  PFAS in common foods like seafood, eggs, meat and contaminated local produce can raise blood levels above health-based guidance values, with 14% of European teenagers already exceeding these limits, showing that food is a major exposure source and that better monitoring, regulation and dietary strategies are needed.

• Newsom vetoes PFAS ban for cookware

  News

  14 Oct 2025 | The Hill

  The bill became a source of controversy in the Golden State, with celebrity chefs among those who rallied against the cookware ban, while environmental and health activists have argued for it.

• Products denied exemptions from Maine's PFAS ban

  News

  13 Oct 2025 | Maine Public

  The ban goes into effect next year and extends to upholstered furniture, cosmetics, cleaners and other common items.