Read the full article by Mark Paznokias (CT Mirror)
“Gov. Ned Lamont on Thursday signed a unanimously passed bill that largely will phase out the use of PFAS, a family of widely used ‘forever chemicals,’ but warned lawmakers the law needs to be tweaked.
Unlike versions passed in other states, the new Connecticut law lacks a waiver process for keeping a product on the market when there is no reasonable alternative, Lamont noted in his signing letter.
Lamont said that could mean, among other things, that Teflon non-stick pans could be unavailable in Connecticut after Jan. 1, 2028.
Non-stick cookware without PFAS is available, but he wrote, ‘there may be challenges in the wide-spread manufacture and distribution of affordable cookware and certain other categories of products, such as outdoor apparel manufactured with alternatives to PFAS that perform with similar functionality.'” …