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France votes to ban ‘forever chemicals,’ exempting frying pans

www.politico.eu France votes to ban ‘forever chemicals,’ exempting frying pans

Kitchen utensil manufacturers get win after lobbying blitz.

The French National Assembly on Thursday unanimously adopted a bill aimed at restricting the manufacture and sale of products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — also known as PFAS or “forever chemicals.” The MPs, backed by the government, voted to exclude kitchen utensils from the scope of the text.

Thanks to an intense lobbying push, manufacturers of frying pans and saucepans — including the SEB group, which owns Tefal — are exempt from this ban under the proposed law penned by French Green MPs.

Majority groups initially tried to delay the ban on kitchen utensils until 2030 — a timetable refused by the French Green MPs who instead suggested an exemption until 2026.

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Sounds great, let's ban it in every form except the one we literally eat...
Fucking teflon lobbying wins wtf
Eh, at least this will reduce the amounts of PFAS being produced. I mean, teflon pans at least actually have a useful purpose, rather than things like PFAS coated burger wrappers.
Stainless steel cookware is cheap, easy to clean, and extremely durable. Nonstick pans are for people who don't know shit.
This seems pretty stupid, just use carbon steel or cast iron: They both work great and don't poison everyone!
I actually googled Tefal after reading just the title to check if they arena French company... God i hate lobying
If I was French I'd probably demonstrate against the lobby groups and the government decision right now.
I love that tefal stuff ngl.
Most people can't cook for shit and their stainless pan would be trashed in a few uses
Hon hon hon hon

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