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2. From plastic cutting boards to nonstick pans, these 5 kitchen ...

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   “PFAS have been shown to migrate from nonstick pans into food and that the cooking surface degrades with each use,” Courtney C. Carignan, an exposure scientist and assistant professor of food ...

3. Are nonstick pans safe? What to know. - AOL

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   Choosing other types of cookware without PFAS — which can also include stainless-steel or ceramic nonstick pans, which don't use the chemicals to coat the pan since they're naturally nonstick ...

4. 'Dark Waters': Here's the toxic reason why you should toss ...

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   If you do want to continue using nonstick cookware, you should replace items purchased prior to 2014. As mentioned above, the phase-out of PFOA didn't go into effect until 2013, which means that ...

5. Non-stick surface - Wikipedia

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   A 'non-stick surface' is engineered to reduce the ability of other materials to stick to it. Non-sticking cookware is a common application, where the non-stick coating allows food to brown without sticking to the pan. Non-stick is often used to refer to surfaces coated with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a well-known brand of which is Teflon.

6. Timeline of events related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl ...

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   [100] PFHxS and PFHxS-related salts and compounds are a "group of industrial chemicals used widely in a number of consumer goods as a surfactant and sealant including in carpets, leather, clothing, textiles, fire-fighting foams, papermaking, printing inks and non-stick cookware. They are known to be harmful to human health including the nervous ...

7. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances - Wikipedia

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   Sales of PFAS, which cost approximately $20 per kilogram, generate a total industry profit of $4 billion per year on 16% profit margins. [29] Due to health concerns, several companies have ended or plan to end the sale of PFAS or products that contain them; these include W. L. Gore & Associates (the maker of Gore-Tex), H&M, Patagonia, REI, and 3M.