Nonstick Cookware On The Chopping Block in California
14th September 2025
California lawmakers have advanced a bill to ban the sale of nonstick cookware and corded kitchen appliances that contain PFAS (forever chemicals) despite strong opposition from an industry group that insists the products are save.
Bill 682 would phase out a range of consumer products in the state – along with many commercial products, that contain any amount of “intentionally added PFAS” starting in 2028.
PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are man-made chemicals, known as forever chemicals because they don’t break down easily and can build up in the human body and the environment.
The bill would make it illegal for anyone to distribute, sell or offer for sale any cookware that contained the chemicals – so all you garage sale sellers better watch out.
“PFAS are leading to an avoidable public health crisis,” said state Sen. Ben Allen (D) who introduced the bill. “It’s clear we need to be taking stronger steps to regulate and minimize the use of these forever chemicals.”
Time to leave.