Comments on: Is Teflon and Non-Stick Cookware Dangerous

By: Will

Will — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:57:20 +0000

Hi Kathy - No I don't know about those pans, but I would be careful. I am not sure but they might be a resin/plastic formula, although one seems to be a ceramic coating of some type. Not sure which one you have. More info is here. I actually found some pans several weeks ago that are working great so far. I will be posting about them this week.

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 22:47:49 +0000

Hi Will,
My husband & I have gotten to the point where most of what we use is our old trusty cast iron and stainless cookware. However, we have travelled south this winter, and the condo we are in only has some beat up non-stick fry pans. So, we’ve been on the lookout for other alternatives. Today, my husband came home with some new and inexpensive pans for us to use – and they were all stickered “Made without PFOA” and the name on them was one I did not recognize (“Xylan, Whitford’s Famous Nonstick”). It doesn’t appear to be a very high quality – kind of thin. But, since it said made without the PFOAs, we thought we’d take a chance.

We’re a bit between a rock & a hard place – we traveled in one car, so there was only so much we could fit in the car to bring down for the 4 months.

Have you had any experience with these types of pans and their claims to be non-PFOA? Thanks for the good work on the site! It’s really informative.

Cheers,
Kathy

By: Cast iron cooking utensils

Cast iron cooking utensils — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:14:31 +0000

Once “cookware, cast iron” is seasoned well and treated with care, keeping the heat of compression gives very good results that can not other kitchen utensils, especially when it comes to dimming.

By: Will

Will — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:08:37 +0000

Hi Lisa – Thanks for your question. You can read this article for some more information: http://willtaft.com/health/non-stick-cookware-safety/

Your question makes me think others would wonder the same thing. I think I will write a post specifically on the issue of “if we are already exposed, will it make a difference now?”

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:52:15 +0000

Hi,

Is there any information on the harms of these chemicals? If they’re already in our bloodstream andin our drining water, is Teflon really gonna make much of a difference? And what harms do these chemicals cause?
I love my teflon pots & pans — so I would like to know more about this before giving them up!

By: matt

matt — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:41:24 +0000

it seems that even if you use the cook ware as directed it depends on the stove settings and kind of stove your cooking on , but even the temprature on electric stoves when used correctly dont always agree with the cook ware and seems to distroy the cook ware after a few months of use . why is this ? and why do wemen want to defend something that can be very harmful to there family ? like osbestist at one time that was a great product too until law suits and cancer came along. people wake up use what has worked for hundreds of years are you willing to risk your families health over a couple more minutes of cleaning a pan.

By: Marco Girgenti from Starving to be Fat

Marco Girgenti from Starving to be Fat — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:51:38 +0000

I agree about stopping soda drinking. I already have two friends who suffered from acute UTI from making soda their daily liquid intake. They work in Saudi, water is gold, so that’s why…

By: Will

Will — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 03:59:32 +0000

Lyka – The evidence has become even stronger since I wrote this. Teflon and other hormone mimicking chemicals are being shown to have adverse effects never before thought of and at such low levels as to be astounding.

Very smart Sara. I tell people that after the more obvious few things like not smoking, the 2 biggest things you can do for your health are:

1. Stop drinking soda

2. Stop cooking anything in or on plastic.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:46:37 +0000

Totally agree with the article. I stopped using non stick pans a few years ago. I found non stick (even the very good makes) would start smelling when heated, especially the frying pan. I think it is even more important to avoid with children in the house since chemicals getting into children have consequences that we probably won’t know until years later. Also switched to stainless steel and wooden kitchen accessories in general and pyrex bowls and containers instead of plastic. It is no more difficult to cook and store food. I doubt people will change their habits though, unless there is 100% proof of the dangers (which I doubt would ever be published even if there was) or unless someone like Jamie Oliver made a programme like he did about the standards of meat.

By: Lyka from Air Ambulance Services

Lyka from Air Ambulance Services — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:31:57 +0000

Everyone’s talking about the danger of this and that. Once read about the risk you’ll get using plastic cups etc, the risk you get using plastic wares in heating food. Whew! Still using teflon, no matter what.