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Eating microwave popcorn increases the level of PFAS in body (2022)
- handedness 3y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20230622235711/https://www.uclahealth.org/news/eating-microwave-popcorn-increases-the-level-of-pfas-in-body https://web.archive.org/web/20230622235711/https://www.uclah...
- camhart 3y agoMicrowave popcorn (in the bag) is garbage. I found I much prefer using a silicone popper [1], and then adding my own butter/salt to it. Tastes just like when I use an air popper. Since that approach doesn't use the popcorn bag, would it then be free from PFAS? [1] https://www.amazon.com/Proper-Popper-Microwave-Collapsible-Dishwasher/dp/B07Z5SPRWM/ref=asc_df_B07Z5SPRWM/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=385178004433&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18340631524778086072&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1026178&hvtargid=pla-848346778470&psc=1&tag=&ref=&adgrpid=81511523994&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvadid=385178004433&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=18340631524778086072&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=1026178&hvtargid=pla-848346778470 https://www.amazon.com/Proper-Popper-Microwave-Collapsible-D...
- handedness 3y agoThat's quite the URL. Cooking in silicone is something I would probably also avoid, especially if one can't be certain of its composition: https://www.beuc.eu/sites/default/files/publications/BEUC-X-2022-122_Half-Baked_Test_of_silicone_bakeware.pdf https://www.beuc.eu/sites/default/files/publications/BEUC-X-...
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- sp332 3y agoIt's an affiliate link. (tag=hyprod-20) You can use https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z5SPRWM/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07Z5SPRWM/ instead.
- londons_explore 3y agoDid OP make an affiliate link just to earn a few bucks from HN'ers? If so, I suspect there are better uses for their time...
- MicropenisMike 3y agoI was curious so I googled the text "hyprod-20" It let to a forum from 5 years ago with someone accusing someone else of doing the same thing! In the end, it seems like it's something google appends to their search Fun little read for you: https://www.forestriverforums.com/forums/f218/50a-trailer-30a-cord-50a-pedestal-158316-2.html#post1794607 https://www.forestriverforums.com/forums/f218/50a-trailer-30...
- PaywallBuster 3y agoHe could get commission from any sales in the next 30 days not just this 11$ product
- fbdab103 3y ago30 days?! That seems shockingly generous for Amazon. What happens when someone has a handful of overlapping affiliate clicks? Do the referrers all split the pool or most-recent wins?
- londons_explore 3y agolast click wins.
- guraf 3y agoFrom the other stuff in the url I'm pretty sure OP just copied the link from an ad to Amazon, not created their own affiliate link (which would be crass but par for the course in the techbro hustle we live in I guess)
- cosmodisk 3y agoOr simply use large saucepan. Pour some oil to cover its base, wait until the oil gets high temperature, pour corn. Then, shake it every now and then. We used to make tons of them when we were kids and even now I make it occasionally, when we do movie nights at home
- camhart 3y agoI've found I burn the popcorn often with this. Maybe just a lack of experience (we always had an air popper growing up). You can also use small amounts of butter (or I guess oil if you wanted) with the silicone popper or air popper. Having enough oil to cover the base seems like a lot more oil? I could be wrong, just guessing.
- cosmodisk 3y agoThere's an element of practice too. Ideally, you want a very thin layer of oil to cover the base, or maybe even less. It doesn't need to be a lot. Also an average saucepan would produce quite a lot popcorn To prevent burning, shaking and occasionally lifting off the hob is required. Also not adding too much corn helps a lot. The maximum a saucepan can take is when the entire base is covered with them.
- MrDunham 3y agoI've found 50% oil by volume to kernels works great. Eg 1/3 cup kernels, fill same cup halfway (1/6 cup), add flavacol to the oil in the measuring cup & stir, mix with kernels in a saucepan over heat. Love life
- hombre_fatal 3y ago1/6 cup is 320 calories of oil. Definitely not the most calorie-thrifty way to make it.
- ibiza 3y agoI use this method as well. To add some specifics, I use a 4 qt saucepan to produce enough for two people. I use enough oil to liberally cover the bottom (glug glug). This is not diet food, excess oil tends to remain in the pot anyway, and I believe most of the heat transfer is oil to corn as opposed to from the pot itself, so you need ample hot oil for a good batch. To judge when the oil is hot enough for the corn, I add 3 kernels to the initial pot + oil. Once those 3 kernels pop, add enough corn to cover the base of the pan, swirl the hot oil w/ the new kernels, replace cover, but leave slightly ajar to allow steam to escape, and then yeah, a couple more swirls & you should have a perfect batch in about a minute or so.
- colordrops 3y agoDoes the silicone leech anything? Seems like a metal popper on the stove would be best.
- 01100011 3y agoMicrowave doesn't heat up your house as much and is probably faster.
- colordrops 3y agoDepends on your priorities. There is some recent evidence that silicone leaches chemicals into food, but if that's not important to you, then sure, microwave it.
- 01100011 3y agoMicrowave it in a paper bag or a glass bowl if you like.
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- eduction 3y agoI also use a silicone microwave popper. Seems cleaner and less wasteful than the paper bag technique.
- 01100011 3y agoYep. Got a silicone popper and love it. Much more efficient than stovetop, too. Decide if you like white or yellow corn, find a good brand, and buy it cheap, in-bulk, for a cheap and nutritious snack. You'll notice significant variation in unpopped kernels between brands. I spray my kernels lightly with avocado oil and sprinkle popcorn salt(finer than normal to improve adhesion) before popping. I eat at least one large bowl a day now.
- Rapzid 3y agoYeah, I got a hot pop(exact same thing) and it's been a game changer. Kernels are so cheap.
- leetrout 3y agoSomething I learned a few weeks ago: Put 1/3 cup kernels in a large brown paper lunch bag and fold the top down several times. Microwave as normal, bag standing up, listening for pops to slow down. Air pops in the bag with no issues. Salt (and ghee) after you dump it in the bowl. I have stopped using my whirlypopper.
- vel0city 3y agoOther than cleaning and excess calories, what's wrong with the whirlypopper?
- gnicholas 3y agoNoise, and takes up space?
- leetrout 3y agoThe microwaved popcorn is much crisper. Really surprised me. Not that the whirlypopper is a lot of work but the microwave is even quicker since there is little mess.
- vel0city 3y agoCool, I was wondering if there were any similar health concerns I wasn't thinking of with the comment. Not that eating popcorn is exactly a healthy choice. I've been looking into alternative popcorn popping ideas and friends have given great reviews (and great samples over the years :) ) of the whirlypop so I've been considering that along with an airpopper. I'll give that paper bag trick a try sometime, thanks!
- mock-possum 3y agoActually might be healthier because it’s not fried in hot oil, only flavoured with warm oil at the end.
- tjr 3y agoYes, I've been using the paper bag method for a while. Tastes better than prepackaged microwave popcorn too!
- gnicholas 3y agoOnce I learned you can just microwave plain kernels in a paper bag, I threw out all of our microwave popcorn. Even low-salt/low-fat is much saltier and richer than I prefer. Now with this PFAS news, it's yet another reason to ditch the prepackaged popcorn.
- esafak 3y agoHow do you seal the bag during popping, with twine?
- gnicholas 3y agoFold it down a couple times?
- quickthrower2 3y agoAlso price difference is nuts. Kernels are as cheap as oats almost.
- hackernoteng 3y agothey are cheap but I find they dont last that long - the freshness goes away unless you find a way to store them very airtight.
- Ekaros 3y agoAre you entirely sure that the paper bag used was PFAS free?
- ksaj 3y agoIs it the microwaves effect on the popcorn, or the fake butter that might cause "popcorn lung" if the fumes get inhaled, getting modified into PFAs by microwaving? If it's the first, I'd expect almost everything you nuke to be at least a risk of PFAs. If its the second, that's easier to deal with by avoiding fake popcorn butter.
- cmrx64 3y agoDiacetyl contains no fluorine, it’s gotta be whatever lining they use on the paper.
- smelendez 3y agoYeah, the study says PFAS has been found in the packaging.
- Bud 3y agoIt's the bag.
- nunesvn 3y ago> They are also widely used in paper products meant to hold foods that are hot, gooey or greasy. That includes the wrappers that hold fast food, and, as you noted in your letter, microwave popcorn bags. It's on the paper.
- eadler 3y agoThe article does not cite or link to the study. > The researchers found that people who ate microwave popcorn every day over the course of a year had levels of PFAS that were up to 63% higher than average. As far as I could tell the relevant study [1] merely finds association rather than causation. This is often the best you can do in the nutrition field though. I have not yet read through the entire contents. [1] Herbert P. Susmann, Laurel A. Schaider, Kathryn M. Rodgers, and Ruthann A. Rudel. 2019. Dietary Habits Related to Food Packaging and Population Exposure to PFASs. Environmental Health Perspectives 127, 10 (October 2019). DOI:https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP4092 https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP4092
- Bud 3y agoI mean, the study states clearly that the PFAS are in the "food contact materials" in question, here, which are the microwave popcorn bags. Then they end up in the people. Kind of open and shut.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoEven double blinded randomized cross over trials only shows associations. That doesn’t mean you can’t make reasonable casual inferences after looking at the balance of evidence. Else we couldn’t even infer that smoking causes cancer, something most people have to bite the bullet on when they denounce nutrition science.
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- gretch 3y ago? You can show causation by having a test group and a control group. Just get N people. Have the control group eat pot cooked popcorn and have the experimental group eat microwave. You can’t get causation by just observing, but once you are willing to make someone do something, then it’s pretty easy to arrive at. I tried to verify the GP quote but actually couldn’t find it in the study - but if it’s true, people who eat microwave popcorn every day for a year is an extreme population in all sorts of ways. I don’t eat anything every day for a year, much less popcorn.
- QuadrupleA 3y agoStovetop is super easy - saucepan, some kernels, some oil, put the lid on. Low to medium heat til popping stops. Add some salt. Also incredibly cheap.
- civilitty 3y agoI use clarified butter instead of oil so that the popcorn soaks it in immediately after popping. Every time I take a bite, it’s like a buttery explosion. I recommend taking it off heat for 30 seconds after adding all the kernels so they all heat up to an even temperature and roast a little in the butter. Use a screen to cover the pot rather than a lid so that steam can escape and your popcorn stays crunchy.
- pengaru 3y agoI've been using chicken fat collected from roasting chickens, simmered down and stored in a Ball jar (aka schmaltz) It tolerates the high heat of popcorn popping quite well and tastes great with a hint of chicken. Usually has notes of the seasoning too... which in my case is mostly black pepper. +1 on the screen hack, that's definitely a pro-tip.
- cnity 3y agoThis sounds delicious. I bet it combines well with sweetness too. I've found that when I do stovetop popcorn I can get sugar to caramelise around the popcorn to produce a crunchy shell. This with a little chicken hint inside would go down well I reckon.
- Lacerda69 3y agoBest method. You can also easily caramelize sugar, just pour it in and stir until its molten yum
- poulsbohemian 3y agoI’m kinda curious - why microwave popcorn when an air popper or stove top is so stinkin’ easy? Makes great popcorn and you can control the flavorings
- 01100011 3y agoMicrowave is more efficient.
- lm28469 3y agoThere are people buying pre sliced apples and pre peeled clementines out there
- throw9away6 3y agoMost people don’t realize you can just pop in a pot they think you need special tools
- esafak 3y agoAn air popper is a special tool, but it's easier to use than a pot, uses no oil, and takes up less space than an equivalent pot since the popcorn can be diverted into a bowl as it pops. Recommended!
- InvaderFizz 3y agoBest popcorn you can make is cheap and easy cleanup. Take one large pot (the kind that holds like 10qts). Cover the bottom with kernels. Add a bit of oil, basically just enough to swirl and have everything covered in an oil sheen, not enough to have them submerged. Cover, put on high (I use gas). I like to suspend a paper towel between the lid and the rest of the pot, absorbs excess oil and water. Once popping slows, turn off the stove. Dump popcorn into large mixing bowl. Toss 1/8 cup butter in the hot pot, melt the butter with residual heat. Pour popcorn back in and toss to get the popcorn evenly lightly buttered, transfer back to the mixing bowl. Salt(I prefer a salt grinder) and toss, add a bit of grated Parmesan and toss. There should be less than 10 unpopped kernels, no burned popcorn at all. Cleanup is a wipe down of the large pot with the moisture capture paper towel.
- throw9away6 3y agoDry popcorn for 2 min on convection in the oven at 350
- maxbond 3y agoYou can get pretty varied with the seasoning too. Parmesan is my favorite, but I like Italian herbs, nutritional yeast, garlic powder. You can throw a bunch of stuff on there together.
- worthless-trash 3y agoIf you like the garlic powder, try chicken salt on popcorn.
- selimthegrim 3y agoOr just garlic salt?
- JohnFen 3y agoTIL that "chicken salt" is a thing that exists! Thanks!
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- throwaway892238 3y agoMake oil-free microwave popcorn by buying a collapsible silicone bowl, filling it with kernels, and nuking it for 3 minutes. Low calorie snack, no mess, no cleanup. I find salt sticks to it best afterward by sprinkling with a little water.
- MrDunham 3y agoThe low calorie part is questionable. Popcorn has (off I remember right) quite a lot more calories than you'd expect. Source: I started getting fat of popcorn every day and am typically considered skinny/fit. Then I read the label and got sad.
- Fezzik 3y agoUnadorned popped kernels are relatively low calorie, I think - 3 cups is less than 100 calories. Popcorn is also a decent source of roughage.
- hombre_fatal 3y agoPopcorn is 30cal per cup which is low calorie. Since you mention reading a label, the thing you’re getting fat from isn’t the popcorn but the fat added to it. The comment you reply to specifically mentions oil-less popcorn which is a low calorie stack and a good source of fiber once you get used to not lathering it in butter or olive oil.
- xk_id 3y agoNo, the kernels are very low calorie. It all comes down to how much fats you use (if any).
- smelendez 3y agoFast food also. Not shocking since it’s all served in grease-blocking packaging. It’s always depressing to eat inside a fast food restaurant, where they wrap all of your food in chemically treated packaging you almost immediately discard since it’s presumably cheaper and simpler than having washable dishes.
- NoZebra120vClip 3y agoTake heart, because all the dishes and silverware in an upscale restaurant are likewise coated in contact poison. The reason being is that kitchens don't have the patience to air-dry their dishes, so they use chemical drying agents. These drying agents are toxic and they tend to leave a residue everywhere. So enjoy your fast food and know that you are in good company, no matter the number of Michelin stars.
- jondwillis 3y agoHaving just started my dishwasher with a rinse aid, I checked on some of the ingredients. All of them slightly toxic w/ little potential to bioaccumulate. Do you know what chemicals or products restaurants tend to use?
- Rapzid 3y agoAll things are poison, and nothing is without poison; the dosage alone makes it so a thing is not a poison.
- Nition 3y agoMy dishwasher manual suggested using white vinegar as a rinse aid alternative. I thought it might make the dishes smell like vinegar but it's been fine.
- throwaway173738 3y agoI use white vinegar to deodorize my clothes and can confirm that it evaporates when dried.
- Trencin 3y agoI feel this is somewhat misleading. One does not have to use these microwave popcorn bags, I have cooked popcorn in a microwave using a normal glass bowl, albeit covered with a plate. No oil required.
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- m_abdelfattah 3y agoExactly! I wanted to post the same! This is misleading. The problem is the microwave bags not the microwave itself!
- wkat4242 3y agoOk this is a bit worrying indeed. I have to say I hardly ever eat that stuff, just because it's not even that nice. And it's full of hard fat.
- AlbertCory 3y ago+1 to all the old school recipes in here. Mine is slightly different, but no arguments. The dog gets excited because he knows he's getting some. Microwave popcorn is an abomination, suitable only for annoying your fellow office workers. Especially if you burn it.
- technick 3y agoWell crap....
- resolutebat 3y agoOne more reason not to eat microwave popcorn: at least here in Australia, the prepackaged oil is invariably bottom-of-the-barrel palm oil, and there's lots of it in there. https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/13r7r3k/what_microwave_popcorn_looks_like_inside_the_bag/ https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/13r7r3k/...
- stevesimmons 3y agoI'm surprised no one has posted The Muppets' Swedish Chef's instructions for making popcorn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7UmUX68KtE
- riffraff 3y ago> people who ate microwave popcorn every day over the course of a year had levels of PFAS that were up to 63% higher than average. You're probably fine if you have microwave popcorn once a fortnight, tho as other said you can use a pan or pot just fine.
- redox99 3y agoEating microwave popcorn every single day seems kind of insane lol
- dools 3y agoUntil you realise that it's probably kids coming home from school and microwaving popcorn while both of their parents are at work still.
- dawidpotocki 3y agoUntil you realise that someone has to buy the popcorn, i.e. the parents.
- dools 3y agoRight … but it’s not unreasonable to buy your kid microwave popcorn unless you know it’s harmful which one would assume is not the case since you can get it in the supermarket. So like, the people who were included in the study were obviously consuming the popcorn in the absence of the study.
- dawidpotocki 3y agoIt's not reasonable to buy 7 packs a week though. Supermarkets sell a lot of unhealthy food which will give you terrible results if you eat them everyday, so I don't think that's a good argument.
- autoexec 3y agoI've gone through periods where I'd bring it into work for lunches. Fast, cheap, and filling. Every single day does seem a bit extreme though.
- AHOHA 3y agoI just buy corn and pop them naturally with popcorn machine, I don’t add anything, and it’s good and healthy!
- lost_tourist 3y agoMixing plastic and high temps is a bad idea in general.
- davidgatti 3y agoI think the problem is with the popcorn and not the waves ^_^
- simmerup 3y agoI'd suspect the packaging more than the food
- DoingIsLearning 3y agoReminder that PFAS is so pervasive that researchers can't design studies with a proper control group. i.e. they virtually cannot find anyone in the world without PFAS in their blood. Dupont/3M did (and continue to do) a level of harm on par with CFCs and leaded gasoline, with complete regulatory impunity. At some point the ICC needs to extend the crimes against humanity/nature to something like crimes against Human Health.
- DiabloD3 3y agoI agree. However, how do you go after people who have so much money they can literally buy their way out of any appropriate punishment? We need something stronger than the ICC.
- cnity 3y agoThere are solutions but they exist only outside of the judicial system...
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoThere is hope for refom, back in mediaval times judicial system had many creative punishments
- unaindz 3y ago"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
- mdp2021 3y ago> Dupont/3M did (and continue to do) a level of harm 3M is on The Economist today with relevance to this matter: > 3M, an American conglomerate, agreed to pay cities and utilities $12.5bn to settle thousands of lawsuits that had alleged chemicals emitted by the firm's products had polluted drinking-water supplies
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- chrischen 3y agoIs it possible to substitute the PFAS with a wax coating?
- qwertox 3y ago> My kids eat microwaved popcorn almost every night. Should I be worried? Wouldn't they risk getting obese?
- Gordonjcp 3y agoWhat's PFAS? <reads article> Oh, something with a scary-sounding name that Californians can be frightened of, like hydrogen hydroxide.
- philshem 3y agoLet's not forget about the butter flavoring, aka Diacetyl: https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/flavorings/exposure.html#:~:text=Diacetyl,plant%20initially%20investigated%20by%20NIOSH https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/flavorings/exposure.html#:~.... > In a plant where workers with uncontrolled exposures to butter-flavoring chemicals in microwave popcorn production had rapidly developed severe, irreversible lung disease, increased ventilation and isolation of flavor sources in mixing, holding tanks, and microwave popping decreased the risk for most workers. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115208/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3115208/ > Man Wins $7 Million In Suit Claiming Microwave Popcorn Caused Lung Disease https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/09/20/161489994/man-wins-7-million-in-suit-claiming-microwave-popcorn-caused-lung-disease https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2012/09/20/161489994/ma...
- sideproject 3y agoAn oncologist in my family anecdotally told me how her patients are getting younger and younger - speculates (with research) that lots of food chemicals might be contributing. Since the beginning of this year, our family has been much more conscious of the ingredients in the food labels. Lots of additives with many different numbers. We've been trying to get back to more natural things with less numbers. We bought breadmaker and started making our own bread (fun and messy). Bought a second hand ice cream maker (fun, tedious, but yum). Never knew how simple popcorn making was! Lots of colours of vegetables, home-grown spring onions. Our grocery bills on vegetables and fruits went up sharply. But it went down on crackers, chocolates and other things sharply. I don't feel anything - but it helps me to think that I'm eating less numbers.
- Rnonymous 3y agoIronically the pans in breadmakers are always(afaik) non-stick, based on the same PFAS chemicals. Not that im saying you should avoid using a bread maker, but it doesn't avoid all chemicals...
- AstralStorm 3y agoLess ironically the nonstick surfaces do not leach much of those after an initial bake cycle, unless you scrape them. Much less than, say, a plastic bottle. But if you're really bothered by this, you can actually get a non-stick ceramic coated insert instead. Or do it the classic way with steel or glass and fat, just like cake. Or get bread that's not packed in plastic heh.
- Rnonymous 3y agoI was thinking that the PFAS probably make their way into the bread not during the bake cycle, but during the dough kneading/mixing cycles. In my head I imagine the dough sticking to the surface and removing a monolayer of PFAS and integrating it in the dough.
- sergioisidoro 3y agoThe numbers are not bad, and in many cases they might even be totally natural (eg. e330 citric acid, the acid present on citrus fruits). I worry more about what's not in the labels (like pesticides used, antibiotics in meats, packaging etc). Your approach seems to be directionally correct tho, if you source your ingredients right.
- im3w1l 3y agoIs pfas intrinsic to microwave popcorn? I'm inclined to think that there is one or a few brands that is responsible.
- daneel_w 3y agoThe Swedish brand of "micropop" I buy every now and then has a label on the box stating that the bag is made without perfluorated substances. I have no means of testing it, but I believe them.
- mgrund 3y agoSome brands do use PFAS free bags and have for a while though.
- MagicMoonlight 3y agoWhy has fertility halved we ask as we drink the plastic water. One day this will be the “why did they put lead in toys” of our period
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- robert_no_robot 3y agoI believe that people who eat microwave popcorn have higher PFAS levels as the study suggests. I'm a bit skeptical about microwave popcorn increases PFAS as the study doesn't really answer this question. People eating microwave popcorn might be different from those who don't eat it and the real source could be something else. But I'm only a bit skeptical as it sounds plausible that the manufacturers probably use PFAS-contaminated surfaces in the production.
- smallerdemon 3y agoTruly, microwave popcorn is atrocious for all sorts of reasons. As top vote getting comment points out, regular popcorn is SO easy and SO much better. I have no idea why anyone wants to make microwave popcorn when the regular way is just as easy, taste better, and in now demonstrably healthier.
- tabiv 3y agoRecently my wife and I searched for a drinking water filter that would remove PFAS. We found one! https://www.clearlyfiltered.com/pages/performance-data-for-the-clearly-filtered-water-pitcher-and-filter https://www.clearlyfiltered.com/pages/performance-data-for-t...
- Eumenes 3y agoNice, now I need to find a whole house filter system
- f5ve 3y agoIt removes flouride as well, for better or worse -- one of very few available filters which do. (Some think flouride is good and some think it's bad.) I have it, and purely ergonomically, it's the best filter I've ever used. It's also quite expensive with expensive filters that need replacing frequently.
- OldManRyan 3y agoSeems like it needs to be replaced every 4-5 months which is longer than my Brita which needs to be replaced every 3 months
- hospitalJail 3y agoIf you brush your teeth with toothpaste, it shouldn't matter.
- light_hue_1 3y agoThat's simply untrue. Even with brushing with toothpaste is still eliminates an extra 25% of tooth decay. That's a lot of extra teeth! It keeps fluoride in your saliva. Which toothpaste cannot do.
- aaomidi 3y ago> It keeps fluoride in your saliva. Which toothpaste cannot do. Which is why you're not supposed to rinse the toothpaste you used to brush your teeth.
- FiddlerClamp 3y agoI use a reusable flexible plastic bowl and popcorn from a jar I pour into it - inside the microwave. Wonder if that's just as harmful.
- hackernoteng 3y agoeveryone at this point should know that you dont put plastic into a microwave
- hackernoteng 3y agowe use an old fashioned stove top metal popper with a hand crank to stir it. use a bit of organic coconut oil and organic popcorn kernels and salt. its very easy to do.
- seydor 3y agowhy would you eat popcorn after the age when you become conscious of food anyway
- fallat 3y agothis guy doesnt popcorn.
- mensetmanusman 3y agoProzac, Lipitor, and Flonase are also PFAS used in the body.
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- Octokiddie 3y ago> A study published in 2019 analyzed a decade of data about the eating habits of 10,000 people, which was collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention between 2003 and 2014. Blood samples from the study participants were also collected. The researchers found that people who ate microwave popcorn every day over the course of a year had levels of PFAS that were up to 63% higher than average. 1. Is it too much to ask for a link to the original research in an article like this? 2. Given that every human alive has detectable levels of PFAS in blood, 63% elevation after eating every single day of the year doesn't seem like a lot. 3. Those advocating popping in pans/pots might want to consider what that pan/pot is coated with.
- mchanson 3y agoMost people stove top pop in a 8 or 10 qt pot. These are typically for making pasta, boiling potatoes, soups, or stews. Usually bare metal or enameled cast iron. No PFAs.
- SethMurphy 3y agoTry the stovetop method with preferred oil and then drizzle honey before heating. Higher risk of burning, more shaking is needed. When popped, lightly salt. Make sure to rinse the pot with water while still hot to not allow sticky burnt sugars to get solidified for an easier cleanup.
- firecall 3y ago> My kids eat microwaved popcorn almost every night. Should I be worried? Every night?! Well yes…
- k8si 3y agoCertain brands (e.g. SkinnyPop) advertise their bags as "chemical-free" (SkinnyPop claims their's is free of PFOAS). Can anyone help me understand/verify these kinds of claims?
- wly_cdgr 3y agoAlso those sharp little bits always get stuck between your teeth and it's suuuuuuper annoying