A salesman came into work trying to sell some pots and pans, that were quite expensive to say the least. With such a tight budget there was no way we could ever afford them, but he told us that cooking with stainless steel is the most dangerous thing you could cook with. Well, thats mainly what we use.
Is this true, was he really fishing to make a sell? I have never heard anything like that before.
In fact, stainless is used for parts that are implanted in your body–such as the screws to hold broken bones in place, or the studs for newly pierced ears.
The only time stainless is hazardous is when it is heated to the point of vaporization, as in arc welding. In that case it is the chromium from the alloy that can enter the hexavalent form which is a possible carcinogen.
At the temperatures that stainless cookware can reach in household use it is effectively inert and totally non-hazardous
