If you're shopping for non-stick cookware, you see claims that the pans are non-toxic and made without chemicals. Can you trust the claims?
If you’re shopping for nonstick pans, you might notice labels saying the pans are non-toxic and made without dangerous chemicals. But can these claims be trusted?PFAS, also known as “forever chemicals,” have been widely used in nonstick cookware for decades. But in recent years, researchers have linked PFAS to a growing list of health problems, including liver damage, lower immunity in kids, and certain cancers.
Many newer nonstick pans have claims that they are free of some of the most widely known PFAS, including PFOA. The testing required hours of work by specially trained technicians using a rotating tool, scraping coatings from 30 samples of the three pans. The samples were tested for 96 different PFAS chemicals, including PFOA.The two ceramic pans didn’t contain any of the 96 PFAS CR testers looked for. It was a different story for the PTFE-coated pan.Swiss Diamond’s U.S.
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