They make a glass aeropress that comes with a stainless steel cap now.
The glass one is most likely going on my Christmas list (even though that is sort of expensive for what it is)
Once you have nailed the grinding process (with a single dose grinder for consistency, for example), the filtering parts of the procedure are 2 minutes.
HN seems to have huge unfounded FUD around anything plastic related even when there's no scientific evidence.
Toxicological evidence takes a long time to acquire. By it's very nature it's a lagging indicator. Remember when everybody freaked out about BPAs? That's because good studies showed the accumulation of those compounds in the body, and the potential health issues it could drive.
And what about now that we have all these BPA free plastics? Most of them have replaced the BPA with other compounds. They haven't been studied, so there isn't evidence against them. But the absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.
Finally: what, in their long and storied history, has led you to believe that 3M, DuPont, or Eastman are acting in the best interest of your health? Because their incentive structure favors wealth creation, not population health.
That's not exactly relevant. Relevant is if it leaks from the plastic into liquids or not.
>what, in their long and storied history, has led you to believe that 3M, DuPont, or Eastman are acting in the best interest of your health?
I don't. That's why we have EPA and FDA.
Or the thought of pressing too hard on a glass AeroPress, having it tip over and shatter, slicing through my arm. Would be the silliest way to go out.