Read the full article by Brooks Johnson and Chloe Johnson (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
“A cookware industry group is suing Minnesota in federal court over the state’s sweeping new PFAS ban, arguing the law is unconstitutional and discriminates against out-of-state manufacturers.
‘Manufacturers will be forced to either keep their products out of the Minnesota market or treat Minnesota’s regulation as the national standard,’ the federal lawsuit says. ‘A decision permitting state regulation like Minnesota’s would allow each of the 50 states to adopt their own views of what cookware products can be sold in their states, making compliance prohibitive if not impossible for manufacturers.’
The Cookware Sustainability Alliance, a California-based organization, filed the lawsuit this week against Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Commissioner Katrina Kessler. Members of the alliance manufacture pots and pans under brand names like Farberware, Circulon, T-fal, All-Clad and Tramontina.” …