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Are Rutland Gaskets Safe??

Humpy_Dumpty
Humpy_Dumpty Posts: 34
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I know people love them, but Rutland says they are not safe for use around food (unless I'm missing something). See this letter. Thoughts?
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  • Mike_the_BBQ_Fanatic
    Mike_the_BBQ_Fanatic Posts: 700
    Wasn't this just addressed in another post?
    Making the neighbors jealous in Pleasant Hill, Ia one cook at a time...
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    edited August 2015
    They arent safe. Most of the few thousand, perhaps ten thousand people who have used them the past ten fifteen years have cancer or are already dead


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  • Humpy_Dumpty
    Humpy_Dumpty Posts: 34
    Yep. But I wasn't sure if I could navigate the site to find people's responses so I just started a new post. My original gasket still works fine so I was just curious what people thought. Some strong opinions out there!
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  • RRP
    RRP Posts: 26,455
    Humpy_Dumpty said:
    I know people love them, but Rutland says they are not safe for use around food (unless I'm missing something). See this letter. Thoughts?
    Three times you have posted this so here for the third time is my reply. 

    Since you lifted that letter from a long report authored by The Naked Whiz then it seems only fair that the entire report and evaluation be made available to interested parties with open minds so they can make their own informed decision. Here is that link:
    http://www.nakedwhiz.com/gasketsafety/rutlandgasketsafety.htm
    Re-gasketing the USA one yard at a time 
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  • Darby_Crenshaw
    Darby_Crenshaw Posts: 2,657
    edited August 2015
    It's not opinions that are strong. I never offer opinions. 

    It's logic and fact. Some people don't deal well with forming their own opinions based on logic and fact, and that's ok. That's why they have cable news, to tell people what to think. 

    I have a rutland. With what used to be the antichrist's own adhesive (hi temp gasket maker, which even RRP has come around on instead of the inferior rutland cement).  When I drop dead, it may be due to the adhesive, but it can't possibly be the rutland. Why? I don't inhale the fibers or eat off of it. 

    Seriously. The most dangerous thing you can do is eat grilled fatty meat multiple times a week. The rutland is the last thing here that will kill you
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