Calphalon and other hard-adonized brands of cookware

[onlyme]

Shelley,

I apologize for postin this in this forum, but I've had it posted under Fact Checking since mid-January with no response. I'm thinking it got lost in the shuffle. If I see you don't answer it here, I suppose I can assume it is not a question worth asking, right?

Anyway, you've said that calphalon and other hard-adonized brands of cookware are safe (as opposed to teflon). However, www.ewg.org says that calphalon and other hard-anodized brands contain PolyTetraFluoroEthylene (ptfe). What is your opinion on this?

[shelley]

do you have a link to the exact page?

[onlyme]

http://www.ewg.org/reports/pfcworld/products.php?prodtype=1&descrnum=3

[onlyme]

"If you're thinking about Calphalon, be aware that the nonstick coating used in Simply Calphalon cookware is not Teflon, but is made by ExxonMobil, and uses the same chemical compound as Teflon."

http://www.ewg.org/news/story.php?id=5441

[shelley]

Here ya' go:

[onlyme]

Thanks!