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The polymer chains are quite long after manufacturing for teflon pans. They are largely “safe”. Don’t use metal utensils with them and don’t overheat them. That
by strstr 2y ago
The polymer chains are quite long after manufacturing for teflon pans. They are largely “safe”. Don’t use metal utensils with them and don’t overheat them. That said, I personally minimize my use of teflon pans (mostly just use them for eggs since I hate cleaning eggs off)
Even if PFAS were as bad as lead (which it is not), teflon pans are probably more analogous to leaded glassware than, say, lead in gasoline or paint. Waterproof outerwear is probably analogous to leaded paint (more likely to leach and plausibly prone to contact mouths accidentally).
- bottom999mottob 2y agoMaybe PFAS aren't as "bad" as lead in that the effects of lead are more noticeable in the short-term, but the widespread clinical health effects of PFAS across the entire human population is "bad." Bad is not really a useful enough word to measure the damage PFAS have done to human health. There's far more PFAS floating around inside people's houses, vehicles, clothes, foods than lead; so, I'd consider it worse than lead in terms of reach.
- ein0p 2y agoIdk, I was told pfas were safe, and that only held until someone who is not paid by DuPont started to seriously look into them
- Doxin 2y ago> I hate cleaning eggs off Eggs don't stick in cast iron if you use a little oil. Ignore all the complex advice on seasoning. Just start using a cast iron pan. At first it'll suck and stuff will stick. Over time it'll keep getting better. If you want to help it along you should heat it to the smoke point after you've scraped your egg out and let it cool naturally before cleaning.