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Re:PFAS Can Suppress White Blood Cells’ Ability to Destroy I... by mschuster91 on Thursday February 23, 2023 @10:48AM (#34912058)
> It’s nasty stuff sure, but you’re not consuming PFAS every time you cook with Teflon pans. Your pans are fine.

If you're not damaging them by using metal tools, which many people do.

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Re:PFAS Can Suppress White Blood Cells’ Ability to Destroy I... by hgomersall on Thursday February 23, 2023 @11:11AM (#34912366)
Or overheating the pan, which is basically unavoidable.
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Re:PFAS Can Suppress White Blood Cells’ Ability to Destroy I... by xwdv on Thursday February 23, 2023 @01:52PM (#34914731)
No you would have to overheat it deliberately for a long period of time.
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Re:PFAS Can Suppress White Blood Cells’ Ability to Destroy I... by hgomersall on Thursday February 23, 2023 @02:38PM (#34915335)
PTFE breaks down above 250 centigrade. That's pretty normal for frying pans.
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Re:PFAS Can Suppress White Blood Cells’ Ability to Destroy I... by xwdv on Thursday February 23, 2023 @03:39PM (#34916164)
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.
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Re:PFAS Can Suppress White Blood Cells’ Ability to Destroy I... by hgomersall on Friday February 24, 2023 @01:38AM (#34921586)
That's not what "breaks down" means.
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