The risk from burning a Teflon pan is enough reason to avoid it. I first heard about this from a person who kept rescued birds. Apparently birds are especially

The risk from burning a Teflon pan is enough reason to avoid it. I first heard about this from a person who kept rescued birds. Apparently birds are especially susceptible to toxic fumes. People overheat pans all the time. It seems crazy to not take that failure mode into account in evaluating Teflon's safety. I also do not FW fluorinated ski wax.