Instant pots (inaccurately named) make this job very easy with dry beans. Soak,then I think it’s only like 15 minutes on high to kill the lectins. Put the remainder in glass (I like the 1.5 pint straight taper, it’s easier to get the stuff out). Much cheaper to buy, don’t have to waste a can and you don’t ingest the plastic liner. Also you can buy the dry beans in a plastic bag and it will sit on the pantry shelf until the apocalypse and never go bad.
Sigh, I knew this was a problem but I was conveniently not paying attention.
I get tired from making all my food, so I almost always use canned beans and tomatoes. On rare occasion, I buy beans in glass, but they are much more expensive, and the Jovial tomatoes in glass are simply no where as good… sigh… I guess I need to make them more often. I even have bags of Rancho Gordo in the panty, but I reach past them for a can.
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-microplastics-nanoplastics-urban-air-abrasion.html
well this is waht kaeberlein said [though urban air MPs are a tiny fraction of all MPs
but tires contain STYRENE which is magnitudes worse than PE/PP
…The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), an agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), today announced STOMP: Systematic Targeting Of MicroPlastics, a nationwide $144 million program to create the definitive toolbox for measuring, researching, and affordably removing microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) in the human body.
“Today, HHS is taking decisive action to confront microplastics as a growing threat to human health,” said HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. “Americans deserve clear answers about how microplastics in their bodies affect their health. Through ARPA-H’s STOMP program, we will measure microplastic exposure, identify sources of risk, and develop targeted solutions to reduce it.”…