Bobby DeMuro of ENHESA’s Chemical Watch News & Insights, an industry-focused publication, highlighted Defend’s cookware compliance monitoring and multi-state regulatory engagement project as a case study of why consumer goods manufacturers and retailers must pay attention to state laws around toxics like PFAS.
In addition to public and consumer education, Defend’s team shared our cookware chemical disclosures directory research with regulators in multiple states where PFAS and other cookware chemicals are prohibited from sale or are otherwise restricted (can only be sold under certain conditions, like reporting and labeling).
Read the full article, shared with permission from ENHESA, below to see what regulators and industry legal experts say about how effective this approach can be to phasing out toxic chemicals in consumer goods!
(Published August 14, 2026)
