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Good thing we don’t use it in potentially high temperature situations with stuff we directly put into our bodies. Could you imagine?
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Using Teflon on non-stick pans is all but guaranteed to get it in you, either by overheating the pan accidentally, or when the coating begins to flake. The average person isn’t likely to have consistently great heat control of the pan, and eventually the coating degrades and begins to flake even with gentle use IME.
adds extra Teflon to his scrambled eggs
Teflon is not unhealthy. Only when overheated the fumes are dangerous, not the substance itself.
Good thing we don’t use it in potentially high temperature situations with stuff we directly put into our bodies. Could you imagine?
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Using Teflon on non-stick pans is all but guaranteed to get it in you, either by overheating the pan accidentally, or when the coating begins to flake. The average person isn’t likely to have consistently great heat control of the pan, and eventually the coating degrades and begins to flake even with gentle use IME.
Eating teflon is entirely fine.
Breathing the fumes is unhealthy.
When using a metal spatula carelessly in a teflon coated pan just isn’t hitting hard enough.