Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?message-squaremessage-square685fedilinkarrow-up1733arrow-down119
arrow-up1714arrow-down1message-squareEvery generation has some product/ingredient that they didn’t know was dangerous at the time: tobacco, lead, asbestos, etc. What is that item for this generation?Jpopy@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square685fedilink
minus-squarestealth_cookies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoTeflon isn’t really the problem, it is incredibly inert by itself. It is the nasty chemicals needed to process it and bond it to things that are polluting the environment and eventually getting into our bodies because they don’t break down.
minus-squareDouble_A@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIt’s so stable that it probably doesn’t even do anything even if it gets into your body.
minus-squarecroobat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWhat’s a good alternative? I used to love those teflon pans back when I was a teen.
minus-squarezipsglacier@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoLet me introduce you to your personal savior, cast iron.
minus-squareSmokeyMcPot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·1 year agoEven better than cast iron: carbon steel.
minus-squareMuffinHeeler@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoCast iron for frying pan and stainless steel pots/saucepans.
Teflon.
Teflon isn’t really the problem, it is incredibly inert by itself. It is the nasty chemicals needed to process it and bond it to things that are polluting the environment and eventually getting into our bodies because they don’t break down.
It’s so stable that it probably doesn’t even do anything even if it gets into your body.
What’s a good alternative? I used to love those teflon pans back when I was a teen.
Let me introduce you to your personal savior, cast iron.
Even better than cast iron: carbon steel.
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Cast iron for frying pan and stainless steel pots/saucepans.