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The Cream Separator From Hell = No Cheese & Butter As Originally Planned. (And Reflected Flawed Logic and Impossible Logistics)

Cream separator, as sold.Even if we had solved the reproducibility conflicts with our “close to source, minimum contamination” plans for milk, the final problem was the fact that the only small-production cream separator we could find was full of plastic parts and “stainless steel” that was actually aluminum. That despite the fact that the seller […]

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Choose a Healthy Grinder/Mill for Pepper & Spices to Avoid Microplastics and Harmful Chemicals

This ad-free article is made possible by the financial support of the Center for Research on Environmental Chemicals in Humans: a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation for continued biomedical research. Like most ground spices, pepper experiences significant plastic contact during processing and packaging. Use whole spices and grind your own.

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Cutting Boards: Wood=Yes; Plastic=No; Bamboo=Questionable

Remember that every abrasion, every knife cut on a plastic cutting board will produce microplastic particles. This ad-free article is made possible by the financial support of the Center for Research on Environmental Chemicals in Humans: a 501(c)(3) non-profit. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation for continued biomedical research. Tight-grain maple avoids plastic + the fewer glue joints […]

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Food Processor Failed Plastic Contact Case. Not Used.

Cuisinart promotes a model that uses Tritan plastic from Eastman Chemical. Despite claims that it is “BPA Free, Tritan leaches BPA and potentially other endocrine disrupting compounds. For peer-reviewed studies and more on this, see: Why “BPA Free” is a meaningless marketing scam (And some plastic safety claims are false). This ad-free article is made […]

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