THANKES

While much of the focus is on plastic bottles, most human exposure occurs through the lining of canned foods. Canned beverages appear to contain less of the chemical than canned foods like soup, pasta, fruits and vegetables, which are often processed at high temperatures. Virtually every canned product, even those labeled organic, has a liner with BPA. One brand, Eden Organic Baked Beans, says it uses a BPA-free can.

In response to consumer demand, Nalgene® will phase out production of its Outdoor line of polycarbonate containers that include the chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) over the next several months, it announced today. Nalgene’s existing product mix, including the recently launched Everyday line, already features a number of containers made from materials that do not contain BPA.

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Anybody want to couple skate? We could play doctor later ; )

I ain’t skeert.

As rob said, the eeyachombu is usually tin-based – people who eat habitually hot food in lead vessels rarely live long enough to pass it on to younger generations! I have heard the words “veLLai eeyam” for tin and “karuppu eeyam” for lead, but I don’t know if they are in widespread use. But no matter which metals were used, their melting points are generally over 200 Celsius, so there can’t be any possible accident with boiling water. It’s possible however that placing the eeyachombu straight on the stove will cause it to deform or melt and clog the burner holes, so the hot rasam is usually poured into the chombu after it has been boiled in a another (non-eeyam) vessel.

No idea whether it really changes the flavor – it’s hard to taste a few milligrams of dissolved metal under all the pepper and/or garlic.

[Sorry, I know I'm cheesy, but I loooove this song. But seriously, yeah, I hope those rasam pots are safe. Cuz I love the Tamizh folk.]

Cheesy? Never! I can’t tell you how many times you’ve slayed me with that humor of yours. Please don’t hold back. And now that I have that song in my head, I’m roller reminscin’ again. Anybody want to couple skate? We could play doctor later ; ) That is, after we talk about the Nalgene bottle safety issue. (My attempt to stay on topic.)

I gave my man (from TN) a deep cast iron pot for making his rasam. It gives it that extra healing power!

Dr. Bess, I’ll wager that of all the myriad forms of healing you can provide, this one is his favorite. He’s probably “can’t wait for you to op-uh-raate.”

[Sorry, I know I'm cheesy, but I loooove this song. But seriously, yeah, I hope those rasam pots are safe. Cuz I love the Tamizh folk.]

Not a bad idea! I’m sure that would cause less of a stomach upset than the iron pills do.