Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract more money

Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by hedora on Saturday May 07, 2022 @11:24AM (#31295276)

At regular cooking temps, the chemicals still leach into the food. Also, you should throw a teflon pan out if it has a single scratch, since it leaches much more rapidly after that.

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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by xyzzyz on Saturday May 07, 2022 @12:04PM (#31295738)

I don’t think Teflon leaches into food at normal cooking temperatures (it’s a very stable chemical), but even if it did, it’s totally fine, as Teflon is biologically inert. It is used in medicine for implants, catheter linings etc.

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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by hedora on Saturday May 07, 2022 @09:04PM (#31300282)

Teflon is definitely not biologically inert.

It leaches estrogen analogues (sometimes called xenoestrogens), and ~ 100% of people alive today have biologically active levels of those compounds in their blood.

In particular, Teflon brand nonstick coating contains PTFE and PFOAs. This has been settled science for at least 20 years.

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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by gruez on Saturday May 07, 2022 @11:37AM (#31295398)

>At regular cooking temps, the chemicals still leach into the food

Source?

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Re:Shaving is an example of how consumer products extract mo... by hedora on Saturday May 07, 2022 @09:07PM (#31300298)

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18419647/

They list "coated food contact materials" as a source of PFOS and PFOA in the abstract.

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