Shopper’s Guide to Avoiding PFAS Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of chemicals that make products stainproof, water-resistant, and oil and fat resistant.1 PFAS are used in over 200 industries. [...] In chart, products with PFAS in disposal food packaging green/no-F are free of PFAS. [...] Greenseal restricts 7 PFAS and is in the process of considering expanding restrictions to all PFAS. [...] PFCec stands for PFCs of environmental concern, and PFCec Free refers to polymers or shorter chain PFAS that industry claims are safer, but no PFAS have been shown to be safe. [...] • While every one of the thousands of PFAS have not been fully analyzed, there is enough concern about those PFAS that have been characterized to warrant caution.
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