This is a follow-up to the entry at How Healthy: non-stick pans, skimmed-milk, olive-oils, apple-sauce, fruit-desserts? Thanks to Carole Parker for asking the questions that prompted this follow-up! 
WHAT’s SAFE
When shopping for cookware, ask for non-reactive cookware (no chemicals), such as:
- lightweight ceramic,
- lead-free earthen ware (claypot) and
- bamboo steamware.
With non-reactive cookware, there’s no way to scratch the surface when cooking with metal utensils nor when scrubbing it with a steel wool.
WHAT’s UnSafe
You will want to avoid cookware:
- that is made of anodized aluminum (linked to Alzheimer’s disease) and this includes NOT using aluminium foil for cooking and food storage;
- Teflon-coated aluminium cookware like the Metal-top Griller
( http://www.questodesign.com/shop/proddetail.php?prod=mona_grill_stadler_form&cat=211 ; linked to Alzheimer’s disease) - Stainless steel cookware is NOT non-reactive, as it has alloy containing nickel, chromium, molybdenum, carbon, and other metals. (Surgical steel is excellent for skillets and frying pans.)
- Never cook using Glassware if you’ve just taken it out from the freezer – it will crack! If you must use glassware, make sure you thaw it well.
- Avoid cookware like Pottery Barn pasta bowls, Emile Henry lasagna pan and Le Creuset cookware, as they were tested postive by a customer who sent them for testing. Please note that I do not rule out that imitation Le Crueset cookware were bought by the customer, and sent for testing. But until someone gives me a more concrete evidence, for now I dare not say it is totally safe for use. More info (Instead, opt for pottery or glass which is lead-free.)
- And definitely, never ever use copper pots and pans. [ When I was a kid, I used a copper container (originally for Danish cookies) to keep my new pet angelfish. They died within 2 days! They survived much better in a nice round glass bowl! ]
Cookware with silicone (plastic) handles are still safe to use.
I highly recommend Dr. Mercola’s 16-piece Ceremcor cookware.
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