Maine regulators recommends keeping PFAS ban on nonstick cookware

Maine regulators recommends keeping PFAS ban on nonstick cookware

The Maine Department of Environmental Protection recommends the state push forward with a ban on toxic “forever chemicals” in nonstick cookware and other consumer products. Industry representatives requested the state exempt nonstick cookware under a “currently unavoidable use” designation. The exemption permits products with intentionally added PFAS to be sold as its addition is “essentially for health, safety and the functioning of society” an…