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91 Def. Counsel J. 1 (2024)

handle is hein.journals/defcon91 and id is 1 raw text is: PFAS in Food Packaging: Product Liability Concerns for Industry Manufacturers and Sellers By: Craig T. Liljestrand Craig Liljestrand is a partner at Hinshaw and Culbertson's Chicago office. He has extensive experience in the areas of toxic tort, product liability, and environmental litigation. He is recognized nationally for his litigation and trial skills in the areas of asbestos, chemicals, PFAS, silica, welding fumes, lead paint, and occupational disease claims. A special thank you goes out to Sara Jesser for her hard work in support of this article. ER- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of manufactured synthetic chemicals which have been widely used in industry and consumer products since the 1940s to enhance consumer products' water, stain, and grease resistance.1 PFAS are created by combining carbon and fluorine, which results in a powerful bond that is difficult to break down in the body or to 1 See Christopher Lau, Perfluorinated Compounds: An Overview, in JAMIE DEWITT, ED. TOXICOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PERFLUOROALKYL decompose in the environment. This characteristic has earned them the moniker forever chemicals. It is also the reason why PFAS can be found in the blood of nearly all humans and many animals across the globe. Some reports suggest that those at risk of exposure may include individuals who consume food packaged in materials containing PFAS and workers involved in manufacturing or AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES, 1-2 (Springer, 2015): 1-21.