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A class action lawsuit claims that The Cookware Company advertises its non-stick GreenPans as being “completely toxin free,” when they actually emit toxins.
Plaintiff Anna Saldivar states that the GreenPans are also falsely advertised as being “healthy ceramic non-stick,” and containing “no PFO, PFAS, lead or cadmium.”
However, “GreenPan Products are not, in fact, ‘COMPLETELY TOXIN FREE!’, but contain compounds that are known to be toxic,” contends the GreenPan class action lawsuit. “Upon information and belief, the patent for ‘Thermolon™’ coating, which is applied to every GreenPan Product, contains several known toxins.”
According to the GreenPan class action, GreenPans contain several known toxins; silane, aluminum oxide, tetraethoxysilane, methyltrimethoxysilane, and potassium titanate. These substances, says the plaintiff, are known to cause health problems.
The Cookware Company makes several other false claims about its line of GreenPan cookware, according to the plaintiff. One allegedly dubious claim is that the food prepared in a GreenPan is “healthier” than food prepared in other pans.
Additionally, the manufacturer allegedly states that the pans themselves are “environmentally friendly” and are “reinforced” with diamonds.
“GreenPan’s Products are not ‘good for the environment’ solely because GreenPan’s manufacturing process creates a lower amount of harmful gasses than GreenPan’s competitors,” alleges the GreenPan class action lawsuit. “GreenPan’s Products are not ‘reinforced . . . with diamonds,’ nor do they contain material amounts of diamonds or diamond fragments.”
According to the GreenPan class action lawsuit, Saldivar purchased new GreenPan products in 2017 based on information on the products’ packaging and the GreenPan website.
Saldivar says that she and other consumers would not have paid as much for their GreenPan products had they known that sale of the pans were based on false advertising claims.
“GreenPan markets its Products to the health-conscious consumer,” states the class action lawsuit. “GreenPan’s consumer cares about the consumer’s health and the health of the consumer’s family. As a result, the GreenPan consumer pays a premium for GreenPan’s nonstick Product; in fact, GreenPan’s Products sell for an approximate 50% to 400% higher price than other nonstick cookware.”
GreenPan, according to the class action lawsuit, debuted in 2007 after the founders supposedly discovered that the coating traditional non-stick cookware released toxins when heated. GreenPan utilizes Thermolon™, a “ceramic non-stick coating,” according to the complaint. However, no one has established the safety of this material, notes the plaintiff.
In 2012, notes the class action lawsuit, the makers of GreenPan were warned by the National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus to tone down its health and environmental claims about the product. However, it appears that GreenPan did not heed those warnings.
The plaintiff is seeking to represent those who purchased GreenPan products in California within the past four years.
The GreenPan class action lawsuit is seeking damages for the plaintiff and the Class Members, as well as a court order requiring the Cookware Company to disgorge any profit it has made from the GreenPan line.
Do you own a GreenPan? Tell us about your experience in the comment section below!
The plaintiff is represented by Trenton R. Kashima and Jeffrey R. Krinsk of Finkelstein & Krinsk LLP, Rod M. Johnston of Sommers Schwartz PC, and Timothy Becker, Jennell K. Shannon, and Molly E. Nephew of Johnson Becker PLLC.
The GreenPan Toxins Class Action Lawsuit is Anna Saldivar v. The Cookware Company LLC, Case No. 5:19-cv-06014, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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155 thoughts onGreenPan Class Action Says Non-Stick Pans Contain Toxins
I just bought 2 pans on sale at QVC. I rec’d them yesterday, but just learned of this lawsuit.
Please include me – I live in Oregon.
I wish I had known about this before buying these pans. Please can you update me about the outcome of these case.
If this includes Missouri residents then I would like to be included. I also purchased these expensive pan sets within the past 4 years specifically for the advertised health claims.
Please add me I have whole set
I bought a set of 3 (8”, 10” and 12”) Premiere pans for our induction cooktop last December from Williams Sonoma. We bought the 10/12” together and the 8” separately. We had just moved into a home with an induction cooktop and needed to replace all of our cookware, so we sought out this brand as the best for safe, non-stick on induction.
We use them almost daily. Unfortunately in the past month, all three have started chipping/peeling at the rivets where the pan meets the handle. We store them on their sides, not nested. We hand wash and have never put into the dishwasher. We use Dawn and Pamolive liquid soap for cleaning. They have never been in the oven. I am very concerned for our health and as of being told by the manufacturer “the product remains perfectly safe for use if it chips” now discontinued using these pans. We are very concerned for our family’s health and would like to be included in this CA lawsuit.
I am also a greedy compensation seeker. I have the pans, and they are good, but they would be even better with some compensation! Can’t wait to get my money, I deserve a holiday in the Carribean
I bought three different sizes of these Green Pans from William Sonoma because they claimed to be toxin free. I would not have bought them otherwise, as they were not cheap. I am in California and would be interested in being added to this class-action lawsuit as well.
I bought a whole set of these with a baby shower gift card a couple years ago and though they heat up fast have really questioned the non stick and found aluminum in my test results and have had strange health issues . Please send I info . My husband thinks I’m making this up .
Also would like to be included in the lawsuit. Bought green pan from Create and Barrel but in Illinois.
I have this same pan in my kitchen too. I bought it thinking it was safe and not like the others on the market and now to know I was lied and tricked in order to get me to buy it.
We have two sets of Green Pan ceramic coated pans we purchased specifically because of the claims of being chemical free – would like to be included. Not positive where we purchased the first set but I think it was Costco and the 2nd set at Cost Plus