You say there are alternatives to the Visionware, what are they? I'm very sensitive to so many chemicals and such, and over the years I've been eliminating all the factors that I believe have been adversely affecting my health. I often eat with wooden spoons, but still haven't as yet eliminated teflon pans. Sort of like ordering a diet Dr. Pepper with your cheeseburger, LOL ;)

Like many who use glass cookware, I also thought it was much healthier than metal. I think you mentioned clay pots. I have a pot that I suppose would be considered clay that I had used in my pressure cooker, but it doesn't have a handle on it. It's more of a casserole type of pot. I haven't been using it, because I got rid of my pressure cooker. So where do you get those clay pots and pans?

Thanks for the info. I just found a website that sells some nice-looking clay pots from El Salvador and Mexico. I'm still not so sure about using any kind of glassware. But I wanna make sure the clay pots are lead free, and this website I found said that if it isn't stamped as such, then it probably has lead in the glaze.

There's also a natural foods website that I know is highly reputable (shopped there years ago) that sells soapstone and donabe pots. Her pots are twice (or more) what the above-mentioned site charges for their pots, but at least I can trust the safety and quality of hers.

From my research, it seems clay is the safest and healthiest to use. And it seems like an iron skillet is high maintenance. I think I'm going to just invest in some nice clay pots. Anyway, thanks Ellen.