On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 22:56:49 -0700 (PDT), dsi1
> wrote:

>On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 6:48:49 PM UTC-10, Michael Trew wrote:
>> On 3/19/2021 12:10 AM, wrote:
>> > On Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 10:52:24 PM UTC-5, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On 3/18/2021 11:44 PM, Michael Trew wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Don't tell me you've never seen a
>> >>> Teflon skillet start to leave black Teflon flakes in food, because I
>> >>> sure have. Gross!
>> >>>
>> >> I never have. Probably from over heating the pan. Could even be crud
>> >> from burned on food from a misused pan. It is inert and will pass
>> >> anyway.
>> >>
>> > I haven't either and I've been using Teflon pans, especially skillets, for
>> > at least 25 years. Never a flake.
>> Maybe y'all are better off, but growing up, I we had Teflon pans that
>> would flake Teflon into the food. Yes, flake -- there were bare spots
>> in the Teflon coating. Gross. I'll take real cookware please. Grandma
>> knew best -- cast iron and stainless steel.
>
>I think I used to see that when I was a kid. I wasn't too worried about it since Teflon is one of the most inert substance on this planet.

"Up until 2015, Teflon was made using a chemical called
perfluorooctonoic acid, or PFOA. It is a suspected carcinogen, hormone
disruptor, and reproductive toxin."

PFOA's being phased out. "However, there is little to no information
about what the alternative process or chemicals are."

<https://www.ecoparent.ca/eco-home/teflon-really-so-bad>

Oh, and keep birds out of the kitchen if you use teflon. It can kill
them on the spot.

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