So I've just read that paper and it's very interesting. The vast bulk of it is about the danger of polymer processing aid used during the manufacturer of teflon and how they could leach during manufacture, use and product disposal.
The manufacture and disposal phases encompass environment pollution - important, but not relevant to safety during cooking.
The in-use section of the paper is largely about concentrations used in cosmetics (who knew?) and the potential affects.
What about cooking? There is one line that I could find in the paper - I may have missed something, of course. It says this:
"Fluoropolymer-coated food contact materials (e.g., metal cookware), if not properly pretreated, could lead to the leaching of nonpolymeric PFAS residuals into food during the use phase."
So - if not properly pretreated (I don't think the paper expands on what this means), it could lead to leaching. But the paper has nothing to say about whether this leaching occurs with everyday cookware and if so, if it happens at concentrations that could be harmful.
So I'm going to suggest that this paper does not present any evidence that non-stick pans are harmful to health during cooking.
Chozo@kbin.social 10 months ago
That doesn't say it's unsafe to cook with. PFAS, in industrial use, are hella dangerous. But not all PFAS are the same, and Teflon is specifically treated to be food-safe under normal cooking temperatures.
BruceTwarzen@kbin.social 10 months ago
Teflon, sure. But thechemicals and glue used to stick this famously non stic material to a pan, absolutely fucking not.
Chozo@kbin.social 10 months ago
That isn't how Teflon is applied to cookware.
HeartyBeast@kbin.social 10 months ago
So, I think this is is where we ask for some reliable research showing that the way that Teflon is applied to the pan is toxic.