Comment on Is it safe to use pans with peeling nonstick coating?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 11 months agoI don’t know that the PTFE is going to be any worse than all the other micro plastic we’re eating*, but the aluminum definitely is a problem.
Id suggest replacing it (or using the others until you can replace it,)
Tomorrow might be a good time if you can afford it, with all the sales.
*ain’t life grand?
manualoverride@lemmy.world 11 months ago
There was that town in the US where 3M dumped PTFE into the rivers and it made it into the drinking water, I watched a documentary where people in that town have a cancer rate 169 times the national average. IIRC
PTFE is one of the greatest chemicals to ingest… if you want to grow some extra body parts.
Kusimulkku@lemm.ee 11 months ago
I think you might be thinking about this
Shouldn’t be used anymore
Actually ingesting teflon “chips” (hah) shouldn’t do anything. It should just pass through without interacting with your body. Not a pleasant thought, eating them, but shouldn’t have any harmful effects either.
manualoverride@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s the stuff, serves me right for only half paying attention to a documentary. Either way I’ll probably steer clear of Teflon pans in future.
I did try to find ScotchGuard a few years ago when I got a new Sofa (Couch for the Americans) and I found it was discontinued because it was probably just PFOA in a spray bottle :)