A Better Non-Stick Finish?
When we’re just not ready to give up all things non-stick, here is a new brand that does not include PTFE-based coatings or PFOA chemicals in its production. A Better Non-Stick Finish? The most interesting part of this article from the Green Guide’s 01/30/08 newsletter?
“When it comes to food, most people associate “non-stick” finishes with cookware, baking sheets and Teflon-lined stoves. But in fact, PTFE-based finishes that contain PFOA are used in other applications as well, from those paper wrappers around your hamburger to the boxes that hold your delivered pizza to microwave popcorn bags. In fact, according to one research chemist at the Food and Drug Administration, microwave popcorn bags release several hundred times more PFOA than non-stick cookware.”
Yikes! I’m not the biggest fan of corn these days, (a very false, highly-subsidized economy of one of the most genetically modified crops on the planet, which we don’t digest worth corn) I realize people like their popcorn as a low fat / low calorie snack. If this is your big treat, switch to an air popper or old-fashion pop-on-the-stove popcorn. And remember to use real organic butter and sea salt!
