I can’t remember if I’ve posted this before, so if I have, forgive the repeat.

There has been discussion on the mercury support group on safe cookware, as the very ill are very sensitive to all metals.  (I am just now at the point where I can put jewelry on without my skin itching and turning red ten minutes later.)

Aluminum is out. Period.  Nasty stuff that you don’t want your food to touch.

Cast iron would be a good choice, except that many heavy metal poisoned people have high copper amounts and iron exacerbates it, so that’s out.

Stainless steel seemed like a good choice, but alas, it leaches out nickel.  Nickel is also toxic.  It is actually given to laboratory animals to cause cancer. So that’s out.

Glass cookware was the next choice, but it, too, has issues with exploding cookware.  I think those issues were with people exposing the cookware to temperature extremes (hot to cold, cold to hot), which inevitably caused the glass to weaken.  Also, you are cautioned not to scrub using stainless steel pads, as that will scratch the surface, leading it to weaken the glass, causing it to explode.  That’s my theory, at any rate.

Just thought I’d pass this along.