@Nonametoday,
Everything I've read says aluminum is "considered safe" but can leach into food especially with acidic or alkaline? foods.
However, If you read what aluminum does to the human body and brain I think anyone would question the "considered safe." Search it, esp on NIH.
I think by using labels like environmentally friendly, etc, they hope that people will assume or hope that they are non toxic and safe even though made with aluminum. Or just not care that it is, thinking oh a little won't hurt. Anondized aluminum prevents it from leaching into foods to some extent, but not completely.
Why can't cookware be made without it?!
It can but I think it is probably cheaper to make it with it while keeping the non-stick and other features people like and manufacturers hope people will buy.
If I see aluminum in a pan, I don't buy it.
There are great pans to buy that are made in Europe without all the toxic chemicals. I always get mine from Homegoods.
I really think it is false advertising to claim something is environmentally friendly or safe when made with any toxic material even if it gets the "generally considered safe" label.
I'd rather there be no question at all whether it is safe or not.
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