Are you looking for the safest air fryer or air fryer ovens without PFAS coatings? Truth be told many of the highly-rated “favorite” air fryers on the market contain potentially toxic proprietary nonstick coatings, and/or Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly referred to as “forever chemicals.” More:

• Safest Air Fryers & Air Fryer Ovens Sans Toxic PFAS Coatings 2023  –  Mamavation

• PFAS Explained  –  US EPA

• Best & Worst Small Kitchen Appliances–Toxic Food Contact Materials  –  Mamavation
• The Best Non Toxic Toasters & Toaster Ovens Of 2022 (A Guidebook)  –  Mamavation
• Blenders With the Safest BPA-Free Food Contact Surfaces 2022  –  Mamavation

• Best & Worst Cookware & Bakeware 2022–Safest Non Toxic Brands  –  Mamavation
• Safest Cookware in Simple Terms–Stainless Steel, Cast Iron, Ceramic, & Bakeware 2022  –  Mamavation
• Watch Out For Nano in “Non-Toxic” Stainless Steel Cookware in 2022  –  Mamavation
• Best & Worst Ceramic Cookware in 2020  –  Mamavation

• Best Non-Toxic Cupcake & Muffin Pans Sans Toxic Coatings  –  Mamavation
• Best Non-Toxic Waffle Maker Sans PFAS “Forever Chemicals” and Nano-Titanium  –  Mamavation

• Dangerous Chemicals in Food Packaging: Grocery Stores & PFAS  –  Mamavation
• Safest Non-Toxic Parchment Paper Without PFAS “Forever Chemicals”–Lab Reports  –  Mamavation
• Toxic Packaging: Are Fast Food Wrappers Hurting Your Family?  –  Mamavation
• 22 Surprising Fast Food Items That Won’t Poison You With Toxic PFAS “Forever Chemicals”  –  Mamavation

• PFAS Found in Organic Tomato Pasta Sauce — Purchasing Guide 2022  –  Mamavation
• Ketchup Ranked: Indications of PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Industry Wide  –  Mamavation
• Does In-N-Out Burger Contain Toxic PFAS? Lab Reports  –  Mamavation
• Is PFAS Found in Cooking Oils? — Non-Toxic Purchasing Guide 2022  –  Mamavation
• Nut Butters & Peanut Butter Sans Toxic PFAS “Forever Chemicals”– Purchasing Guide 2022  –  Mamavation

• What are the health effects of PFAS?  –  US ATSDR
• Health effects of PFAS exposure  –  Food Packaging Forum
• CDC and ATSDR Award $7 Million to Begin Multi-Site PFAS Study  –  US CDC

• PFAS and cancer, a scoping review of the epidemiologic evidence (download PDF) (Research article)
• Nonstick Pan Chemicals Linked to Low Sperm Count and Small Penis Size Study Finds  –  Mamavation
• Thyroid Disrupting Effects of Old and New Generation PFAS (download PDF) (Research article)
• Endocrine-disrupting activity of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances: Exploring combined approaches of ligand and structure based modeling (download PDF) (Research article)

• Maternal levels of perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) during pregnancy and childhood allergy and asthma related outcomes and infections in the Norwegian Mother and Child (MoBa) cohort (download PDF) (Research article)
• Maternal Plasma Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Miscarriage: A Nested Case–Control Study in the Danish National Birth Cohort (download PDF) (Research article)
• Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Their Effects on the Placenta, Pregnancy, and Child Development: a Potential Mechanistic Role for Placental Peroxisome Proliferator–Activated Receptors (PPARs) (Research abstract)

• Comparative analysis of the toxicological databases for 6:2 fluorotelomer alcohol (6:2 FTOH) and perfluorohexanoic acid (PFHxA) (download PDF) (Research article)

• Best Collagen & Gelatin Without Lead 2022–Collagen Peptides  –  Mamavation
• Food-grade TiO2 impairs intestinal and systemic immune homeostasis, initiates preneoplastic lesions and promotes aberrant crypt development in the rat colon (download PDF) (Research article)
• Aluminum, a neurotoxin which affects diverse metabolic reactions (Research abstract)

Shanna H. Swan, Ph.D., is one of the world’s leading environmental and reproductive epidemiologists and a professor of environmental medicine and public health. Her work examines the impact of environmental exposures, including chemicals such as phthalates and Bisphenol A, on men’s and women’s reproductive health and the neurodevelopment of children. More:

• Endocrine Disruptors - Common Chemicals That Severely Alter Your Hormones - Dr. Shanna Swan  –  After Skool
• Temporal trends in sperm count: a systematic review and meta-regression analysis of samples collected globally in the 20th and 21st centuries (download PDF) (Research article)

Between 2022 and 2027, the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (Rema) will implement the "Hazardous Waste Management Project" in Rwanda. “Currently, Rwanda is dumping 122 tonnes of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) oil in transformers, 250 tonnes of polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-contaminated soil, 3 tonnes of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) pesticides, 44 tonnes of non-persistent organic pollutants (POPs) pesticides, 35 tonnes of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), 1 metric tonne of mercury (Hg), and 40 tonnes of mercury-containing products in the environment,” REMA says. More:

• Rwanda: State launches 5-year hazardous waste management project  –  Afrik 21
• Rwanda launches a five-year initiative to improve hazardous waste management  –  Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA)

The number of US service members who have been exposed to toxic “forever chemicals” is much higher than the military has claimed, a new independent analysis of Department of Defense data has found. More:

• US military ‘downplayed’ the number of soldiers exposed to ‘forever chemicals’  –  The Guardian

• More than 600,000 service members given ‘forever chemicals’ in drinking water  –  Environmental Working Group
• Military PFAS Information and Resources  –  California State Water Resources Control Board
• Why most veterans are in poor health after military service  –  ELG Law
• Hazardous Non-Combat Exposures in the U.S. Department of Defense (Research article)

• What are the health effects of PFAS?  –  US ATSDR

Manufacturing company 3M announced its intentions to cease manufacturing hazardous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, alongside a vague commitment to “work to discontinue the use of PFAS across its product portfolio” by the end of 2025. More:

• 3M announces it will cease making ‘forever chemical’ PFAS by 2026  –  Popular Science

• Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)  –  US NIH
• Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)  –  US CDC

• Scared about ‘forever chemicals’ after watching Dark Waters? Here’s what you need to know.  –  Popular Science
• PFAS are toxic and they’re everywhere. Here’s how to stay away from them.  –  Popular Science
• Understanding PFAS in the Environment  –  US EPA

• What are the health effects of PFAS?  –  US ATSDR
• Current Breast Milk PFAS Levels in the United States and Canada: After All This Time, Why Don’t We Know More? (download PDF)  –  (Research article)
• PFAS and Pets and Livestock Health  –  Michigan government

• Forever Litigated ‘Forever Chemicals': A Guide to PFAS in Courts  –  Bloomberger Law
• Creating ‘Forever Chemicals': A Guide to PFAS Companies (2)  –  Bloomberger Law

• The State of Minnesota's 3M PFAS Settlement Portal  –  Minnesota 3M PFAS Settlement
• 3M Faces More Costs After $581 Million Chemical-Cleanup Pact in Belgium  –  Bloomberg
• 3M Agrees to EPA Order to Sample and Provide Treatment for PFAS Contamination in Drinking Water near Cordova, IL Facility  –  US EPA

• 3M to Exit PFAS Manufacturing by the End of 2025  –  3M
• Manufacturing Giant 3M Says It Will Stop Making PFAS 'Forever Chemicals' by 2026  –  Gizmodo
• Why Environmentalists Are Criticizing 3M's New Pledge to Stop Manufacturing PFAS  –  Greenmatters

Grézieu-La-Varenne, a small town in southeastern France, has unexpectedly become part of an international environmental debate. After dangerous levels of pollution were uncovered, a criminal ‘ecocide’ investigation is underway, the first of its kind in the EU. More:

• The EU’s first ‘ecocide’ trial: toxic chemicals found in French homes  –  EuroNews

Obesity is on the rise almost everywhere, with more overweight and obese than underweight people, globally. According to accepted wisdom, blame lies squarely with overeating and insufficient exercise. A small group of researchers is challenging such ingrained assumptions, however, and shining a spotlight on the role of chemicals in our expanding waistlines. More:

• Are everyday chemicals contributing to global obesity?  –  Chemistry World

Obesity is on the rise almost everywhere, with more overweight and obese than underweight people, globally. According to accepted wisdom, blame lies squarely with overeating and insufficient exercise. A small group of researchers is challenging such ingrained assumptions, however, and shining a spotlight on the role of chemicals in our expanding waistlines. More:

• Are everyday chemicals contributing to global obesity?  –  Chemistry World

Bayer, the German pharmaceutical and biotechnology company, will pay Oregon $698 million to end a lawsuit over PCB pollution associated with products made by Monsanto, the agriculture giant it now owns, the state’s attorney general announced. More:

• $698M deal to end Monsanto PCB pollution lawsuit in Oregon  –  AP News

• Learn about Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)  –  US EPA

• State of Oregon vs Monsanto - Complaint (download PDF)  –  State of Oregon
• State of Oregon vs Monsanto - Judgment (download PDF)  –  State of Oregon

• Managing and Mitigating the U.S. PCB Litigation Risk  –  Bayer Global
• Monsanto to pay $95M over PCB pollution in Washington state  –  AP News

We, the companies signing this letter, want to encourage the EU Commission to deliver an ambitious revision of REACH as soon as possible. This is absolutely necessary for a more efficient regulation, as well as better support for chemical substitution and non-toxic circular economy. More:

• A company request for an ambitious revision of REACH  –  ChemSec
• EU Commission, do you see the writing on the wall?  –  ChemSec

The bright blue shipping container stood out in the snow-covered landscape of Tablyn Park in Lake Elmo, Minnesota. Inside, contractors calibrated a machine that state officials hope could help solve a decades-long pollution problem in the east metro area. More:

• Minnesota tries new technologies to remove 'forever chemicals' from water  –  Phys.org

Killer whales (Orcinus orca) have been deemed one of the most contaminated cetacean species in the world. However, concentrations and potential health implications of selected ‘contaminants of emerging concern’ (CECs) and new persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in endangered Southern Resident and threatened Bigg’s (Transient) killer whales in the Northeastern Pacific (NEP) have not yet been documented. More:

• Emerging Contaminants and New POPs (PFAS and HBCDD) in Endangered Southern Resident and Bigg’s (Transient) Killer Whales (Orcinus orca): In Utero Maternal Transfer and Pollution Management Implications (Research article)

In the wake of this year’s global climate summit, advocates are raising the alarm about how industry continues to distort climate policy with public relations spin. More:

• Op-ed: What the pesticide industry doesn’t want you to know  –  EHN

• Pesticide use around world almost doubles since 1990, report finds  –  The Guardian
• Trends in glyphosate herbicide use in the United States and globally (download PDF) (Research article)
• Toxic-Hangover (download PDF) (Report)  –  Center for Biological Diversity

• Your Health  –  Friends of Earth
• Glyphosate: Cancer and other health concerns  –  U.S. Right to Know

• Pesticides & climate change: A vicious cycle  –  Pesticide Action Network

• EU plan to halve use of pesticides in ‘milestone’ legislation to restore ecosystems  –  The Guardian
• The USA lags behind other agricultural nations in banning harmful pesticides (download PDF) (Research article)

• Merchants of Poison: A case study in pesticide industry science denial on glyphosate (an excerpt)  –  U.S. Right to Know
• Merchants of poison (Report) (download PDF)  –  U.S. Right to Know
• Glyphosate, oncogenicity study in the mouse (Archive document) (download PDF)  –  US EPA

Continuing to use or produce the most problematic chemicals is associated with great risk – not only for human health and the environment, but also for company finances and the investors. More:

• Big Chem company: It’s a no-brainer to move away from the worst substances  –  ChemSec
• ChemScore Report 2022  –  ChemSec

As a chest surgeon who looks underneath the skin, inside people’s bodies, Dr Arvind Kumar has a unique perspective on life. But what he sees every day on the lungs of patients in his home country, India, is alarming. More:

• This is what air pollution is doing to teenagers’ lungs, according to a chest surgeon  –  World Economic Forum
• Air pollution  –  World Health Organization

• More than 90% of the world’s children breathe toxic air every day  –  World Health Organization
• Air pollution and child health: prescribing clean air (download PDF) (Report)  –  World Health Organization

• The cost of a polluted environment: 1.7 million child deaths a year, says WHO  –  World Health Organization
• Estimation of stillbirths attributable to ambient fine particles in 137 countries (download PDF) (Research article)

• Children are dying from air pollution. Here's how we can protect them  –  World Economic Forum

Indoor dust and wastewater reveal fluorotelomer ethoxylates, which likely originate from stain repellents and anti-fogging spray. More:

• Understudied class of PFAS found in healthcare facilities  –  C&EN
• Nontargeted screening reveals fluorotelomer ethoxylates in indoor dust and industrial wastewater (download PDF) (Research article)

• A guide to the PFAS found in our environment  –  C&EN

• Characterization of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances Present in Commercial Anti-fog Products (download PDF) (Research article)
• Use of high-resolution mass spectrometry to identify precursors and biodegradation products of perfluorinated and polyfluorinated compounds in end-user products (Research abstract)

Skin whitening — the use of cosmetic products or services to reduce the amount of melanin in the skin to make it appear lighter — is a multi-billion dollar global industry. High levels of mercury found in some skin whitening creams can affect the body of people using them and put entire households at risk by contaminating their homes. More:

• I would whiten my skin no matter the cost’ CNN readers around the globe tell of the pressure to look whiter.  –  CNN
• White lies- Exposing the dangers of skin whitening  –  CNN
• Mercury found in skin whitening products Risks to your health, home and family CNN  –  CNN
• Mercury in beauty creams believed to have caused vision loss in woman and put her family at risk  –  CNN

ChemSec’s ranking tool ChemScore assesses the world’s 54 largest chemical companies on their environmental impact and hazardous chemicals management, setting the benchmark for a sustainable chemical industry. More:

• ChemScore 2022 reveals growing differences between global regions  –  ChemSec
• ChemScore Report 2022  –  ChemSec
• Investors with $8 trillion call for phase-out of dangerous “forever chemicals”  –  ChemSec

It takes 25 years – a whole generation – to transform an industrial sector and all the value chains. As EU policymakers review key pollution prevention rules, a unique window of opportunity to depollute industry is closing now. Bold action is needed to enact pollution prevention that works for people and the environment. More:

• Once-in-a-generation chance to depollute EU industry  –  META

• Green Deal: Modernising EU industrial emissions rules to steer large industry in long-term green transition  –  European Commission
• EPP draft report waters down key industrial pollution prevention rules  –  EBB

A federal appeals court has upheld a $40 million verdict for a cancer survivor who sued E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co after years of exposure to a toxic chemical that it manufactured. The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said DuPont could not challenge the verdict, which relied on a finding in related cases that PFOA, a chemical discharged by DuPont into public waterways, was linked to the man's cancer. More:

• DuPont loses challenge over cancer victim's $40 mln verdict in PFAS case  –  Reuters
• Abbott vs. DuPont de Nemours - Verdict (download PDF)  –  United States Court of Appeal

• California sues 3M, DuPont over toxic 'forever chemicals'  –  Reuters
• DuPont, Chemours beat back lawsuit over chemicals in N.Y. drinking water  –  Reuters