[shiroiushi]

>Every time I go over to mom's place it's so shocking to see these utensils being used for high heat applications they were never meant to be used for.

>educating her about how much plastic and teflon she has (and by extension I have) been eating over the years but it's in one ear and out the other.

I have much the same problem, though luckily I haven't lived with her for ages. According to her, eating plastic and teflon isn't a problem because she's so old that it's not going to make a difference.

[idiotsecant]

Is she wrong?

[shiroiushi]

Well she's been saying this for at least 10 years now I think, so she's lived longer than she expected to.

She also has guests and visitors, so even if she doesn't care about ingesting microplastics herself, she should worry more about them I should think.