I've long since reverted to cast iron pans, works well for me. Also have a few enameled cast iron as well. I'm not particularly trusting that the cheap 'stainless steel' cookware from Asia will not leach metals such as nickel or tin or whatever. I finally replaced my 'stainless' tea kettle with glass carafes out of an abundance of caution. I had a hair test a while back which indicated I was reaching toxic levels on several metals. Followup a year later indicates that my FIR sauna has helped immensely. All levels have returned to safer ranges. More work needed though. I have a Berkey water filter with the gray ionic filter add-ons. I trust it is catching most of the fluorine from WSSC water. And most all of the PFA's. What a toxic stew we live in today. What I find most concerning is that recent incident where a small farmer's entire garden was chemically attacked (sabotaged). Does not bode well for the future of small farms. Last thing small farmers should do is to 'register' their garden with FDA. An obvious trap. I'd advise keeping a low profile. Food forests may be an idea whose time has come. (See recent Jim Gale interview on the Health Ranger site). Small farmers with traditional row style layouts may be obvious targets. Diversify. Network. Make yourself known, discretely, in the health freedom movement. We can help one another and will increasingly need to do so. What resources, in the 'parallel' world have you acquired? In coming years these could prove vital.
I've long since reverted to cast iron pans, works well for me. Also have a few enameled cast iron as well. I'm not particularly trusting that the cheap 'stainless steel' cookware from Asia will not leach metals such as nickel or tin or whatever. I finally replaced my 'stainless' tea kettle with glass carafes out of an abundance of caution. I had a hair test a while back which indicated I was reaching toxic levels on several metals. Followup a year later indicates that my FIR sauna has helped immensely. All levels have returned to safer ranges. More work needed though. I have a Berkey water filter with the gray ionic filter add-ons. I trust it is catching most of the fluorine from WSSC water. And most all of the PFA's. What a toxic stew we live in today. What I find most concerning is that recent incident where a small farmer's entire garden was chemically attacked (sabotaged). Does not bode well for the future of small farms. Last thing small farmers should do is to 'register' their garden with FDA. An obvious trap. I'd advise keeping a low profile. Food forests may be an idea whose time has come. (See recent Jim Gale interview on the Health Ranger site). Small farmers with traditional row style layouts may be obvious targets. Diversify. Network. Make yourself known, discretely, in the health freedom movement. We can help one another and will increasingly need to do so. What resources, in the 'parallel' world have you acquired? In coming years these could prove vital.
Hi David,
Great job sorting through all that and getting results.
Yes, the problem being that this does not bode well for the future of farming in general. I will say even larger farms will encounter this issue.
The best we can do is to keep growing, keep building topsoil and keep avoiding new sources of PFAS.