“Nonstick Chemical Exposure Tied to Small Babies”
Early on in my pregnancy, I made the decision to stop using nonstick cookware. Based on a few health risk studies that had been publicized around that time, and a discussion with my psychic chiropractor, I felt that the fact that there could be negative effects from the chemicals in the nonstick surfaces was enough to switch me to stainless steel for the duration. Even if that meant using more oil and butter to make scrambled eggs and so on, and more elbow grease to clean up after whatever we cook.
I didn’t know birth weight was one of the risks, but since that’s already an issue in my pregnancy due to the two-vessel cord, I’m glad to not be worrying about PFOAs increasing the problem.
But I can’t help but wonder if diet was considered in the study. People who use nonstick pans often do so in order to cook with less fat, and thus maybe produce less-fatted babies? I’m hardly a scientist. Just that the thought occurred to me. It must have occurred to the big fancy lab people too, right?
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In other news, over the weekend, we finally settled on a glider. You can read about the lovely store where we bought it, here.