{"id":23048,"date":"2025-02-28T18:33:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T19:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23048"},"modified":"2025-02-28T20:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T20:23:58","slug":"france-bans-pfas-in-many-products-but-not-cookware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=23048","title":{"rendered":"France Bans PFAS in Many Products, but Not Cookware"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A new French ban on \u201cforever chemicals\u201d allows their use in nonstick pans after industry opposition, including a rally by employees of Tefal, a cookware maker.<\/p>\n

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A year ago, France embarked on an ambitious goal: To craft the world\u2019s widest ranging ban on the use of harmful \u201cforever chemicals\u201d in everyday products.<\/p>\n

On Friday, that effort culminated in a national ban on PFAS that environmental and health experts hailed as a big step forward, with one notable exception.<\/p>\n

After campaigning by the home appliances manufacturer, Tefal \u2014 including a rowdy rally by employees wielding pots and pans \u2014 nonstick pans and other PFAS-containing cookware were excluded from the ban.<\/p>\n

\u201cVictory against PFAS in the National Assembly! France confirms that it can lead the way in protecting public health,\u201d Nicolas Thierry, a politician of France\u2019s Green Party who proposed the ban last year, wrote on Bluesky<\/a>. Yet the exemption granted to cookware was his \u201cbiggest regret,\u201d Mr. Thierry later told Le Monde<\/a>, the French daily.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of chemicals used in items like nonstick cookware, water-repellent clothing, cosmetics and firefighting foam. Known commonly as \u201cforever chemicals\u201d because they don\u2019t easily break down in the environment, PFAS can damage the liver and immune system and have also been linked to birth defects, developmental delays and an increased risk of certain cancers.<\/p>\n

France\u2019s new law, which goes into effect next year, bans the manufacture, trade and marketing of PFAS-containing cosmetics, footwear, certain textiles and ski wax. From 2030, the ban will cover all textiles containing the chemicals, except for protective clothing worn by firefighters and other professionals. <\/p>\n

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A new French ban on \u201cforever chemicals\u201d allows their use in nonstick pans after industry opposition, including a rally by employees of Tefal, a cookware maker.A year ago, France embarked on an ambitious goal: To craft the world\u2019s widest ranging ban on the use of harmful \u201cforever chemicals\u201d in everyday products.On Friday, that effort culminated in a national ban on PFAS that environmental and health experts hailed as a big step forward, with one notable exception.After campaigning by the home appliances manufacturer, Tefal \u2014 including a rowdy rally by employees wielding pots and pans \u2014 nonstick pans and other PFAS-containing cookware were excluded from the ban.\u201cVictory against PFAS in the National Assembly! France confirms that it can lead the way in protecting public health,\u201d Nicolas Thierry, a politician of France\u2019s Green Party who proposed the ban last year, wrote on Bluesky. Yet the exemption granted to cookware was his \u201cbiggest regret,\u201d Mr. Thierry later told Le Monde, the French daily.PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a class of chemicals used in items like nonstick cookware, water-repellent clothing, cosmetics and firefighting foam. Known commonly as \u201cforever chemicals\u201d because they don\u2019t easily break down in the environment, PFAS can damage the liver and immune system and have also been linked to birth defects, developmental delays and an increased risk of certain cancers.France\u2019s new law, which goes into effect next year, bans the manufacture, trade and marketing of PFAS-containing cosmetics, footwear, certain textiles and ski wax. From 2030, the ban will cover all textiles containing the chemicals, except for protective clothing worn by firefighters and other professionals. We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23050,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23048","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23048","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23048"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23051,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23048\/revisions\/23051"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}