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Or overheating the pan, which is basically unavoidable.

• xwdv 4y ago
  No you would have to overheat it deliberately for a long period of time.
  • hgomersall 4y ago
    PTFE breaks down above 250 centigrade. That's pretty normal for frying pans.
    • xwdv 4y ago
      Let me put it this way, you can break flakes off of PTFE pans and swallow them and nothing will happen to you. They will just pass through your digestive system. You will not get some kind of cancer just from this alone. Don’t listen to the lobbyists.
      • hgomersall 4y ago
        That's not what "breaks down" means.