Nonstick pans are made with polytetrafluoroethylene (also known as PTFE). PTFE's are known as "forever chemicals" because they take decades or sometimes even hundreds of years to break down.

The frying pans feature Le Creuset’s “best ever” non-stick coating, and we found everything we cooked easily slid off the pan ...

Forever chemicals are the topic of East Brunswick native Sharon Udasin's book "Poisoning the Well: How Forever Chemicals Contaminated America." ...