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What if ceramic pans cause cancer?


Look. It takes science a long time to settle all these questions with rigorous research. In the meantime we all have to make decisions in our lives with imperfect, incomplete information. Dismissing all reports of potential risks until there is incontrovertible proof of danger is foolish; doing so out of some misguided fealty to Science and Progress is arrogant.

Downvote all you want, but you're not going to get me to stop posting anecdotes when I think they're relevant. Yes, their probative value is limited; I even acknowledged this in the post! But it isn't zero, and in a world of limited and often conflicting information, sometimes it's the best we can get.


Ceramics don't break down at temperatures encountered in cooking. Teflon does. The only question is whether the breakdown products are bioactive.

Did you even read the second paragraph?

Skepticism is a valuable thing, but it is not an unerring guide to truth. You need to be less credulous of your skepticism.




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