Huge math error corrected in black plastic study; authors say it doesn’t matter

Correction issued for black plastic study that had people tossing spatulas.

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[Mental Gear Reduction]

Magnets don't stick to my stainless steel refrigerator at all.

Well, I stand corrected. I have never encountered steel that wasn't magnetic in my own life.

That probably explains the suggestions to shop for induction cookware using a magnet. I always thought that seemed kind of superfluous.

 

[OrvGull]

From the viewpoint of the environment, you aren't "throwing it away" as someone else will likely be using your non-induction compatible cookware for years after that - just like you generally aren't scrapping your current used ICEV when you sell/trade it in for a BEV.

No one's gonna want my pans. They're dented from three slapdash long-distance moves and they don't look like what the influencers are buying these days.

 

[Mental Gear Reduction]

If you put them on Craigslist, you might be surprised, especially if you sell them cheap or even give them away. If you go induction, they're junk to you anyway.

 

[OrvGull]

If you put them on Craigslist, you might be surprised, especially if you sell them cheap or even give them away. If you go induction, they're junk to you anyway.

Yeah, I'll try, but my experience with Craigslist here hasn't been encouraging. Too affluent an area I think, people don't want old stuff. I've thrown away a lot of stuff after no one on Craigslist wanted it.

 

[Mental Gear Reduction]

Yeah, I'll try, but my experience with Craigslist here hasn't been encouraging. Too affluent an area I think, people don't want old stuff. I've thrown away a lot of stuff after no one on Craigslist wanted it.

Yeah, I noticed that it doesn't work as well here as it did in Tennessee. In TN, you can shift stuff real easy on Craigslist.

 

[jey9]

Those are not their conclusions. With correct calculations, those conclusions are not supported by their own work at all. In fact, their results would support the null hypothesis which are not those conclusions.

With correct calculations, it turns out the exposure level is still approaching the reference level for cancer risk from that flame retardant, just not the neurological behavior risk. And that's only considering one of the types involved.

Which all goes back to my larger point. The conclusion from the initial study is not necessarily wrong, nor does it make sense to throw out everything done by the researchers.

Adam Regusea, who many people here linked to, just put out another video where he points this out and defends the conclusions of the study, and says you should still consider the paper important. But many of you are too arrogant to ever admit that, and you'd rather just take a free slam dunk on the work of scientists.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JUVlgg2xFSs

 

[Mimsey]

Can be purchased for near scrap metal prices in goodwill stores. If you're worried about contamination put them in the oven on "clean". Then re-season with olive oil in oven at 350 for about an hour. They will last nearly forever if you keep them out of the water.

I've wondered about this for years - if you don't put them in the water, how do you wash them?

 

[Mimsey]

Yes, wood will generally hold up better in the pans, but if you use a dishwasher for cleaning, then the wood utensils don't even come close in how long they last.

I've been putting wood utensils in the dishwasher since we got our first one in 1985, and I'm still using most of them.

 

[android_alpaca]

Can be purchased for near scrap metal prices in goodwill stores. If you're worried about contamination put them in the oven on "clean". Then re-season with olive oil in oven at 350 for about an hour. They will last nearly forever if you keep them out of the water.

I've wondered about this for years - if you don't put them in the water, how do you wash them?

Cast iron is somewhat porous and will soak up water if you "put them into water" (i.e. submerge the pan in the sink) and that will change the iron to iron oxide (i.e. rust). You can get rid of the rust by scrubbing it off, but that's literally scrubbing off a bit of the cast iron pan (hence reducing their lifespan).

So the goal is to limit the amount of water that soaks into the iron itself. So you just put some hot water (do help soften the congealed oil) into the cooking side of the pan and scrub and the dry it (most people put it on the stovetop to heat for a few minutes) and then rub oil onto it (I think either to re-season it or to block air from interacting with the iron on the pan).

I think some people heat the pan to hot before scrubbing with hot water to further loosen the gunk (I think it also helps prevent the water from soaking into the iron material of the pan).