How is it an overreaction if it can be done without losing anything in life? I retired all my pans with non-stick coating years ago and haven’t missed them a single time and appreciate that it makes it easier to minimize the number of plastic cooking utensils my kitchen has, too.
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FishFace@piefed.social 18 hours agoDamn, you’re right, I was thinking of PFOA not PFAS.
However, I think blanket avoiding an entire class of chemicals without evidence is an overreaction.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
FishFace@piefed.social 16 hours ago
- there is nothing as non-stick as non-stick coatings; some alternatives come close, but you are still losing something
- what about other applications of PTFE? PTFE tape for sealing pipes, PTFE feet on computer mice, PTFE-based lubricant, electrical insulation, … the uses are many.
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
Yeah but if I use stainless steel pans, I can use stainless steel wool to clean them, so the sticking doesn’t really matter aa much when it does happen, plus cooking techniques can reduce or eliminate sticking even on stainless steel. So I’ll adjust to say I’m not losing anything I value.
And I don’t have a huge issue with it being used on things that doesn’t touch our skin or food/water often. And my goal is to minimize exposure in this plastic world. I understand that at least some restaurants (if not most that use pans) probably use nonstick pans and that I’m getting exposed to BPA every time I touch a receipt. So I don’t use those pans at home and don’t let receipts linger in my hands and use gloves when going through a bunch of them.
FishFace@piefed.social 13 hours ago
Cool, I’m not gonna tell you you must use teflon pans, but I think we were talking about bans…
Tonava@sopuli.xyz 17 hours ago
I think in the case of PFAS it’s very reasonable. There’s no real harm done in avoiding them except possibly making less money and having to figure out other ways to do certain things - which cannot even be compared to the the potential danger they pose to the whole ecosphere
FishFace@piefed.social 16 hours ago
That kind of thinking applies to any chemical though, surely
Tonava@sopuli.xyz 13 hours ago
Only if they are persistent organic pollutants as well
FishFace@piefed.social 12 hours ago
Well if we have evidence of that sure, but in the case of PTFE for example (which is a PFAS) we don’t have that, so banning it seems just as nonsensical. Yos be banning it because it might be harmful.
Dojan@pawb.social 17 hours ago
There is evidence, and there’s been conspiracies around it.
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
But we do have evidence that a lot of chemicals in the PFAS family stick around for a long time, and we have evidence that they’re harmful. That’s enough for me to be wary of anything in that group, especially when there are easy alternatives.