My formidable SF writer colleague Nina Monteanu has penned this very well-researched article (link below), something I wished I had done more often, about the 60-years cover-up of the deleterious effects on human health of the Dupont-produced PFOAs. PFOAS were present in the non-stick “teflon” pans, but also, alas, contaminated the employees in their assembly lines, and leaked into municipal waters…
WARNING: It is a chilling reading, but necessary. Because I did innocently use PFOAs each time I cooked with my 25-year old non-stick pan. Needless to say I promptly discarded it.
Most companies have changed the recipe, but there no guarantees the “new” improved replacement products will be harmless! So, stick to stainless steel and cast iron pans (that can last for generations). Or ceramics interiors.
I used a Canadian maker, Paderno. Aluminum core englobed in three-ply stainless steel. Or the new hybrid-clad , non-stick raised stainless steel pattern and PFOA-free. The pattern grid let you use metal instruments.
And of course we do wear microplastics everywhere. Our fossil-sourced clothes are leaching micropollutants in the water at each wash. That’s another compounded problem.
Echoes of a Sunday artist 