/oss/taxonomy/term/3932/all en /oss/article/health-and-nutrition/concerns-about-cookware-chemistry <p>Like most chemists, I like to cook.  After all, what is cooking but the appropriate mixing of chemicals?  In the lab we use flasks and beakers, but how do we equip our kitchen?  Tiffany's in New York offers a silver frying pan for thousands of dollars, specialty stores sell gleaming copper pots for a couple of hundred while a thin aluminum pot can be had almost anywhere for a few bucks.  What's the difference? </p> Fri, 21 Jan 2022 19:45:13 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 9001 at /oss /oss/article/videos-technology/right-chemistry-teflon <p><div class="media-youtube-video media-element file-default media-youtube-1"> <iframe class="media-youtube-player" id="media-youtube-8hm-q3bgi74" width="640" height="390" title="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on Teflon chemicals" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/8HM_q3Bgi74?wmode=opaque&controls=&enablejsapi=1&modestbranding=1&playerapiid=media-youtube-8hm-q3bgi74&origin=https%3A//www.mcgill.ca&rel=0" name="Dr. Joe Schwarcz on Teflon chemicals" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen>Video of Dr. Joe Schwarcz on Teflon chemicals</iframe> </div> </p> Mon, 17 Jun 2019 14:01:44 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 7799 at /oss