Based in Southern California, Ozeri manufactures many kitchen products to promote individual and family overall health. By investing in alternatives to forever chemicals, Ozeri gives consumers the benefits of nonstick cookware without the adverse health effects associated with forever chemicals. Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAs, are called forever chemicals due to their durability. When applied to products like cookware, the product becomes waterproof, heatproof, and oil-resistant. The carbon and fluorine bonds present in PFAs are nearly impossible to break under most environmental conditions, so the chemicals containing them persist in the environment. Present in many consumer products, like weatherproofing on clothing, nonstick coatings on cookware, food packaging, and even cosmetics, they can leak into soil and groundwater and enter consumers’ bodies. Because PFAs see widespread use, a single alternative cannot replace them in diverse industries. In materials like firefighting foams, non-PFA agents can fulfill the same purpose as PFAs, without a noticeable decrease in the foam’s performance. However, using cast-iron pans rather than PFA-coated nonstick ones will require consumers to learn new upkeep techniques to ensure their long-term durability. By utilizing manufacturing techniques to induce hydrophobic properties without chemicals, clothing manufacturers can create waterproof products without PFAs, that fulfill consumers’ most pressing needs while wearing them.

1. Forever Chemicals and Their Alternatives
Ozeri Corporation

2. Introduction
Based in Southern California, Ozeri manufactures many kitchen products to promote
individual and family overall health. By investing in alternatives to forever chemicals,
Ozeri gives consumers the benefits of nonstick cookware without the adverse health
effects associated with forever chemicals.

3. Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAs, are called forever chemicals due to their
durability. When applied to products like cookware, the product becomes waterproof,
heatproof, and oil-resistant. The carbon and fluorine bonds present in PFAs are nearly
impossible to break under most environmental conditions, so the chemicals containing
them persist in the environment. Present in many consumer products, like
weatherproofing on clothing, nonstick coatings on cookware, food packaging, and even
cosmetics, they can leak into soil and groundwater and enter consumers’ bodies.

4. Because PFAs see widespread use, a single alternative cannot replace them in diverse
industries. In materials like firefighting foams, non-PFA agents can fulfill the same
purpose as PFAs, without a noticeable decrease in the foam’s performance. However,
using cast-iron pans rather than PFA-coated nonstick ones will require consumers to
learn new upkeep techniques to ensure their long-term durability. By utilizing
manufacturing techniques to induce hydrophobic properties without chemicals, clothing
manufacturers can create waterproof products without PFAs, that fulfill consumers’
most pressing needs while wearing them.