"it's often taken decades to discover the toxicity of chemical innovations thought to be safe like [...] C8/Teflon [2]" You appear to be conflating the toxicit

"it's often taken decades to discover the toxicity of chemical innovations thought to be safe like [...] C8/Teflon [2]" You appear to be conflating the toxicity of C8/PFOA (previously used in the manufacturing of PTFE (Teflon®) with that of Teflon itself. The article you linked to is primarily about the health risks to those involved in the manufacturing of PTFE through exposure to PFOA. However, regarding the toxicity of PTFE itself: American Cancer Society: "[...] there are no known risks to humans from using Teflon-coated cookware. While PFOA is used in making Teflon, it is not present (or is present in extremely small amounts) in Teflon-coated products.' [1] US Environmental Protection Agency: "[...] consumer products made with fluoropolymers and fluorinated telomers, including Teflon® and other trademark products, are not PFOA. [...] The information that EPA has available does not indicate that the routine use of consumer products poses a concern." [2] [1] http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/athome/teflon-and-perfluorooctanoic-acid--pfoa http://www.cancer.org/cancer/cancercauses/othercarcinogens/a... [2] http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pfoa/pubs/pfoainfo.html http://www.epa.gov/opptintr/pfoa/pubs/pfoainfo.html