When nonstick coatings were invented in the mid-1950s, few could have imagined their environmental impact. Traditional nonstick is plastic, and these plastics, plus the chemicals used to turn them into nonstick coatings, have altered nearly every living thing on Earth.

Now known as “forever chemicals,” the chemicals that turn plastic into a coating have been found in 99% of Americans. Not just in drinking water or in our homes, but literally in our bodies. And microplastics have become so prevalent they’ve been found in unborn babies.