What is the safety difference between Teflon and Cast Iron, or Enamel Coated Material?
A. Porcelain Enamel is a glass coating, not paint, and is used for a variety of food related purposes, including cookware, bakeware and grills. Porcelain Enamel has proven to be a safe and attractive coating for cookware. New study indicates that Teflon can flake off into food and be ingested, the small amount of fluoride leached maybe linked to cancer. However, Cast iron is strong, durable, inexpensive, and is an even conductor of heat useful for cooking. Nutritionists suggest that iron is essential to produce red blood cells. Large amounts can be poisonous, but in North America, we are more likely to lack iron than have too much. Iron cookware provides less than 20 percent of total daily iron intake – well within safe levels. Besides, enamel coated outside of cast iron not only gives the cookware a luxury gloss, but also an unharmful material to human body, and its well within safe limits.
