Thanks Marshall. I replaced our metal cookware with Visionware not long after the *big discussion* on the Silverlist a couple of years ago -- but didn't every remember anyone dowsing for it!! :-) MA
________________________________ From: Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, May 17, 2010 3:15:55 PM Subject: Re: CS>PFOA Free Cookware It is good. All glassware is good to use for food, except for leaded crystal. Marshall MaryAnn Helland wrote: > Marshall -- did you dowse for glass cookware? As in Corning Visionware? > MA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Marshall Dudley <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Fri, May 14, 2010 11:27:12 AM > *Subject:* Re: CS>PFOA Free Cookware > > OK, this has been discussed into the ground previously. However I did not do > any dowsing on it, so here goes for cookware: > > iron - good > stainless steel - not all good, 6061 ok > teflon - good, but only if you keep it below 500F > aluminum - bad > ceramic - good > porcelain - good > > Marshall > > > Ode Coyote wrote: > > > > > > Unless you heat teflon up to around 600 degrees F which makes your food > >into smoking charcoal, it's about as inert to everything as anything gets. > > You may as well worry about eating silica sand. > > No more picnics at the beach, ya know. > > > > Ode > > > > > > > > At 03:36 PM 5/13/2010 -0400, you wrote: > >> Hi: > >> > >> Does anybody know if being PFOA free makes this non-stick cookware safe to > >> use: > >> > >> http://www.ecolutionhome.com/pofa.html > >> > >> My wife wants me to evaluate it because it is inexpensive and we currently > >> have no non-stick cookware (use stainless steel with aluminum core > > instead). > >> I have researched it, but only come up with the fact that their process is > >> water based rather than POFA based, which is supposed to eliminate the > >> main problem with Teflon cookware. Because it is water based they call it > >> Hydrolon (clever, huh?). I assume the non-stick material is still a > >> fluorocarbon solid called PTFE, > >> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene) but I have not been > >> able to verify this (but what else would it be?). If so, that would still > >> be of concern as the material dispersed into your food over time, would it > > not? > >> > >> Del > >> > >> > >> > >> -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > >> Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > >> > >> Unsubscribe: > >> <mailto:[email protected] > >><mailto:[email protected]>?subject=unsubscribe> > >> Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > >> > >> Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >> > > > > > > > > > > >
