I was using stainless steel pots and pans for a few months and stopped using them when I realized they were increasing my mercury symptoms. I noticed when I'd scrub them clean under hot water I smelled metal, so I don't know if inhaling that was causing me symptoms or cooking with them, but I felt miserable at the time I was using them, I just didn't connect that what I was feeling was mercury symptoms, I just knew I felt awful at the time. I just found the other day some glass pots and pans you can cook over the stove with called Visions, they're glass cookware, they just can't be used on a glass stovetop. Unfortunately they aren't making them anymore, but websites are selling what's on the shelf still. I got some from cutleryandmore.com and cooking.com the other day, I saw one at amazon.com too.