Fun fact, Teflon was invented by dupont. And the Wikipedia page is fairly clear on the safety of Teflon being in question. The real concern is who did Dupont pay off to make Teflon a thing?

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

Teflon is safe in typical use cases.

Here's a great video from Adam Ragusea: https://youtu.be/5FNNKhVoUu8?si=vXrfusnsGzvXErfn

The real issue is PFAS or PFOA, which are used to help bind Teflon, or other nonstick polymers, to other surfaces. This was all done in the early 1900s, and the likelihood of some conspiracy is low. Especially since they didn't (and literally couldn't) know the long term effects of "forever chemicals".

The real conspiratorial behavior comes AFTER the knowledge that PFAS or PFOA are harmful, and what actions, or inactions, of the companies and government are taken.

Remember there are people in our government (not all, but enough) who actively want LESS government: less regulation, less taxation, leas oversight. AND there are a vast quantity of companies that want the very same thing: unfettered freedom to do whatever the fuck they want, without consequence.

And that handful of government employees will easily be bribed or influenced by special interest lobby groups, businesses, "think tanks", etc. (funded and/or founded by the aforementioned businesses).

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Getting a NEW Teflon pan is less than ideal, and should be avoided. You can keep the one you have, and keep using it until the nonstick properties degrade, then toss it.

A great video about this from MinuteFood: https://youtu.be/R1hbV3EzOD4?si=bQZAQsRWLgX9dyJX

And the associated MinuteEarth video: https://youtu.be/H3aFzQdWQTg?si=bVIBp4tm_uLi7ScQ

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 7 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Just cook with stainless steel, learn to cook by mixing butter and olive oil, treating the pan right and it'll act just like teflon

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just don't throw away your Teflon pan "because". It's totally okay to use it on normal use cases. But absolutely avoid buying a new one when the time comes.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You're still eating all the degraded teflon until the pan becomes unusable

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It mostly passes thru you

[–] papertowels@lemmy.one 10 points 11 months ago

Cast iron gang checking in

[–] SpiderShoeCult@sopuli.xyz 4 points 11 months ago

A small correction of the chemical nature, Teflon is PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene), which belongs to the class PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances).

PFOA (Perfluorooctanoic acid) also belongs to the same class, PFAS.

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[–] Fallenwout@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago

Leaded addons for fuel was invented by the same guy who invented freon as pressure gas in aerosols and airco making a hole in the ozon layer. He fucked us twice