Non-Toxic Guides

Two air fryer makers allow foil and three say keep it out of the basket. The four rules, foil pans, acidic foods, what aluminum studies found, and what to use instead.

Which parchment papers name their coating, what the PFAS tests did and did not cover, how hot each brand can go, and the three unbleached papers we'd buy.

The four woks we would buy for a home stove, which bottom fits gas, electric or induction, and how to tell a bare carbon steel wok from a coated one.

Usually no. See what actually happens to foam in the microwave, what the agencies say about styrene, the one exception, and the 10-second way to move takeout into glass before you heat it.

Wavy lines, a dish with waves, "reheat only" or a crossed-out microwave: see every microwave-safe mark in pictures, the look-alikes that don't count, and what to do when there is no symbol.

The three carbon steel pans we would buy, what each one arrives coated with, and a straight answer on whether carbon steel is non-toxic.

Most non-toxic lists stop at the pot. We checked the ring, the lid and the brands' own chemical filings, then picked four pressure cookers, one stovetop and one honestly coated, with every drawback named.

Was „Titan“ auf einer Pfanne wirklich bedeutet, warum der Magnet haftet und welche Marken ihren Aufbau offenlegen.

Most rice cooker pots are coated, and "PFOA-free" tells you nothing about what's on yours today. We read five manufacturers' own chemical filings to find the ones that aren't.

Everyone said to throw out your black plastic spatula. The study behind
that has been corrected twice. Here's what really holds up, and the five
utensils we'd buy instead.

"Free & clear" means no added fragrance and no added dye. That is the entire claim. Two detergents in that category publish fourteen ingredients and six — and one of them contains a preservative that dermatologists named Contact Allergen of the Year. Here is how to read the panel yourself.

HexClad was sued over its non-toxic marketing, settled, and quietly moved to a new coating called TerraBond. We read the settlement record and the current listings, and put together a 30-second check so you can tell which version is in the box.