Across the country, states are banning forever chemicals from consumer products, and some companies are promising to phase out use of the compounds. Here's steps you can take to minimize exposure from the foods you eat.
, vice president of government affairs at the Environmental Working Group. “The fewer packaged foods that you are eating, the less likely you may be to be exposed.”Boxes of cake mix often have the highest concentrations of PFAS because the mix has been sitting in the packaging “for a relatively long period of time,” DeWitt said.
It’s also not clear how much of our exposure to PFAS comes directly from the food supply. The FDA tested for 30 different types of PFAS in samples of 718 foods. It found 701 of the samples to be free of PFAS. Experts say the study was too limited in scope to draw broad conclusions because there are thousands of PFAS in use.Return to menu
“Be a little wary of things that are marketed as nonstick or stain resistant or water resistant,” Benesh said.Cooking with stainless steel or cast-iron pans isn’t just about protecting yourself from these forever chemicals, DeWitt said. Your potential exposure from a nonstick pan may not be significant, but that doesn’t consider what it took to create the pan.
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