The chefs, all of whom sell or endorse cookware lines, are opposing a California bill that would phase out the contentious chemicals from a range of products they’re used in, like nonstick cookware, food packaging and dental floss. California lawmakers could vote on the measure this week.

Easy to endorse poisoning people when your income is dependent on it.

Scientists have warned that PFAS can end up in food when nonstick cookware overheats, is scratched or otherwise starts to degrade.

However they say the bigger danger is from the manufacturing of products containing PFAS, which causes significant pollution, research has shown, by contaminate drinking water sources and getting into the food supply. The chemicals have become so ubiquitous they can be found in the blood of almost every person in the United States.

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    The chefs saying not to do it must be shitty chefs (or sell crappy cookware themwelves and are just trying to keep their con going).

    The best cookware you can get is strsight up cast iron. No chemical coatings. No toxic metals. And they can double as home defense weapons.

    As a pansexual, you can trust I know a thing or two about pans. 😌

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      I started with cast iron but these days I’m all about the allclad. Just stainless steel with a copper core. A beauty to cook with.

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      I hear for some purposes carbon steel is better, but what would I know I’m a homosexual, I can only give advice about homes

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      I love cast iron cookware. I have both a Dutch oven and an 18" frypan that both come with me when camping for meals.

      I cannot deal with cast iron on a glass top stove (which is what we have at home). I refuse to use gas stoves, the resistive coils are typically really shitty, and induction doesn’t work with all my pans (including the cast iron).

      I really wish I could use my more reasonably sized cast iron, but most have a casting ring around the bottom, and all of them could break or scratch my stove’s glass top.