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Default look at this, teflon breaksdown with PFOA found in blood of most Americans


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> >> "Hey, it only kills birds when you heat it to five hundred degrees!" ?
> >> A line that should qualify you for the Stepford Wives, IMHO.

>
> > Why is that?

>
> "'We are confident when we say that the facts, the scientific facts,
> demonstrate that the material is perfectly safe to use,' Uma Chowdhry,
> Dupont's vice president of research and development, told 20/20 [the TV
> newsmagazine]. . . .
>
> "In the demonstration for 20/20, a piece of bacon was just getting
> crisp when the Teflon pan went beyond the initial warning point of 500
> degrees.
>
> "'I've never cooked bacon,' said Chowdhry. 'I can't comment.'"
>
> (Source:
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medi...hp?newsid=4716)

I think I agree with you, if you're saying "If you don't know how to
cook, don't use Teflon".