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Teflon nonstick pans release PFAS chemicals into food during cooking.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that Teflon nonstick pans release PFAS chemicals into food during cooking?

Unclear. One peer-reviewed perspective reports that PTFE-coated non-stick cookware releases various gases and chemicals at normal cooking temperatures, though it notes the toxicity and fate of ingested coatings are not well understood. A reference article adds that Teflon can flake into food and breaks down at very high temperatures, but neither source establishes that PFAS specifically are released into food during ordinary cooking.

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Evidence for · 2
PTFE-coated non-stick cookware and toxicity concerns: a perspective.
2017
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Sajid, M. & Ilyas, M. (2017). PTFE-coated non-stick cookware and toxicity concerns: a perspective.. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-017-0095-y

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Surface chemistry of cooking
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Surface chemistry of cooking. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface_chemistry_of_cooking

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  • Does cooking release PFAS from Teflon nonstick pans into food?
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