Has anyone heard of teflon giving off gas? A friend of mine lost three
budgies in about 10 minutes a while back and well, she thought there
must be a gas leak. After calling the gas company to get the house
tested they found nothing. But then she told me that she had been using
some new teflon pans and wondered if that might have been the cause?

I've never seen a warning sticker on them but maybe they do and I've
missed it.

Anyone?


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Dennis

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"Ruddell" > wrote in message
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>
>
> Has anyone heard of teflon giving off gas? A friend of mine lost three
> budgies in about 10 minutes a while back and well, she thought there
> must be a gas leak. After calling the gas company to get the house
> tested they found nothing. But then she told me that she had been using
> some new teflon pans and wondered if that might have been the cause?
>
> I've never seen a warning sticker on them but maybe they do and I've
> missed it.
>
> Anyone?


If overheated, Teflon can give off a gas that can damage a bird's
respiratory system. Check out DuPont's web page and do a Google search and
you will find a lot of information.

On Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:27:44 -0000, Ruddell
> wrote:

>
>
>Has anyone heard of teflon giving off gas? A friend of mine lost three
>budgies in about 10 minutes a while back and well, she thought there
>must be a gas leak. After calling the gas company to get the house
>tested they found nothing. But then she told me that she had been using
>some new teflon pans and wondered if that might have been the cause?
>
>I've never seen a warning sticker on them but maybe they do and I've
>missed it.
>
>Anyone?

You have to heat it to over 500F as far as I know. Over that temp,
you'll murder you budgies by the carload. Keep it at a reasonable
cooking heat and you'll not harm them.


modom

"Dallas is a rich man with a death wish in his eyes."
-- Jimmie Dale Gilmore

On 2005-02-03, Ruddell > wrote:

> Has anyone heard of teflon giving off gas? A friend of mine lost three
> budgies in about 10 minutes......

Yes.

Supposedly, it'll kill off all your pets and give you flu-like symptoms. So
they say. If I'd have known sooner, I'd have offered to cook my MIL and her bald
parrot blackened anything every night!

nb

"Ruddell" > wrote in message
...
>
>
> Has anyone heard of teflon giving off gas? A friend of mine lost three
> budgies in about 10 minutes a while back and well, she thought there
> must be a gas leak. After calling the gas company to get the house
> tested they found nothing. But then she told me that she had been using
> some new teflon pans and wondered if that might have been the cause?
>
> I've never seen a warning sticker on them but maybe they do and I've
> missed it.
>
> Anyone?
>
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> Dennis
>
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Alton Brown just talked about this very thing I believe a week ago on his
show dealing with Kitchen Myths or Facts. He said it's not a myth. I believe
the pan must be heated to a very high temperature. He uses teflon pans but
not for extremely high temperature cooking. Sorry I don't know the
specifics, maybe someone else saw the show and remembers.
Miriam

Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Ruddell" > wrote in message
> ...
>>
>>
>> Has anyone heard of teflon giving off gas? A friend of mine lost
>> three budgies in about 10 minutes a while back and well, she thought
>> there must be a gas leak. After calling the gas company to get the
>> house tested they found nothing. But then she told me that she had
>> been using some new teflon pans and wondered if that might have been
>> the cause?
>>
>> I've never seen a warning sticker on them but maybe they do and I've
>> missed it.
>>
>> Anyone?
>
>
> If overheated, Teflon can give off a gas that can damage a bird's
> respiratory system. Check out DuPont's web page and do a Google
> search and you will find a lot of information.

Yep. As someone who got her first pet bird in 1966, yes, Teflon if WAY
overheated can definitely kill a bird. It is important to keep birds in
well ventilated (not drafty) areas. Having said that, one shouldn't be
heating Teflon to those extreme temps anyway.

Jill

Ruddell wrote:
>
> Has anyone heard of teflon giving off gas? A friend of mine lost three
> budgies in about 10 minutes a while back and well, she thought there
> must be a gas leak. After calling the gas company to get the house
> tested they found nothing. But then she told me that she had been using
> some new teflon pans and wondered if that might have been the cause?
>
> I've never seen a warning sticker on them but maybe they do and I've
> missed it.
>
> Anyone?
>
>
Quite true. Here is a link to the gases that are given off at various
temperatures:

http://www.ewg.org/reports_content/t...hermometer.pdf


BTW another great way to kill pet birds is keep them in a drafty area
(such as a foyer). They are very susceptible to pneumonia.

In > George wrote:

> Quite true. Here is a link to the gases that are given off at various
> temperatures:
>
> http://www.ewg.org/reports_content/t...f/infographic_
> thermometer.pdf

Thanks. I'll pass that on to my friend.

> BTW another great way to kill pet birds is keep them in a drafty area
> (such as a foyer). They are very susceptible to pneumonia.

I know all about that. I lost a pet bird one Grey Cup party. The house
door was open/closed so much from people coming in/out that too much
cold air drafted in. Poor thing never made it through the night. I've
moved my bird now to a non-drafty corner...didn't realize they were so
delicate :-(


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Cheers

Dennis

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Ruddell wrote:

>
> Has anyone heard of teflon giving off gas? A friend of mine lost three
> budgies in about 10 minutes a while back and well, she thought there
> must be a gas leak. After calling the gas company to get the house
> tested they found nothing. But then she told me that she had been using
> some new teflon pans and wondered if that might have been the cause?
>
> I've never seen a warning sticker on them but maybe they do and I've
> missed it.
>
> Anyone?


it's quite true. burning teflon gives off phosgene gas which is deadly. but
if it's used at normal cooking temps it's fine.

"jmcquown" > wrote in message
> Yep. As someone who got her first pet bird in 1966, yes, Teflon if WAY
> overheated can definitely kill a bird. It is important to keep birds in
> well ventilated (not drafty) areas. Having said that, one shouldn't be
> heating Teflon to those extreme temps anyway.
>
> Jill
>

Another point to add to this, even with non coated pans, keep the birds away
as overheating oil, burning the burgers, etc, will affect the bird's fragile
respiratory system.