Someone told my mom that you could get cancer if the layer of the non stick pan is scraped off, you know how it's suppose to be black but eventually it peels of and kind of becomes silverish black, at that point it can cause you cancer? is it true or bs?
2006-11-01 07:28:03 · 7 answers · asked by manofsteel_returns 2 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Cancer
people throughout the United States could face "a potential risk of developmental and other adverse effects" from exposure to low levels of a chemical used in making the nonstick substance Teflon.
A controversial chemical used by DuPont Co. to make the nonstick substance Teflon poses more of a cancer risk than indicated in a draft assessment by the Environmental Protection Agency, an independent review board has found.
The EPA stated earlier this year that its draft risk assessment of perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts found “suggestive evidence” of potential human carcinogenicity, based on animal studies.
In a draft report released Monday, the majority of members on an EPA scientific advisory board that reviewed the agency’s report concluded that PFOA, also known as C-8, is “likely” to be carcinogenic to humans, and that the EPA should conduct cancer risk assessments for a variety of tumors found in mice and rats.
2006-11-01 08:33:57 · answer #1 · answered by tampico 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably time to toss the pan out if the bottom is peeling off. Whether the small amount of teflon can 'trigger' cancer is another matter altogether.
No one is 100% certain what causes all cancer, or what 'triggers' cancer. We do not know why one person will get cancer while another person will not. Not everyone who smokes gets lung cancer, not everyone who has been around environmental carcinogins gets cancer, and not everyone who may ingest teflon gets cancer either. It's still an unknown.
However, use a little common sense. We know that certain things can 'trigger' cancer and while we don't know who will be affected . . why take the chance? Stay as healthy as possible, exercise, avoid smoking and other known carcinogens, and replace the non stick pan!! :-)
2006-11-01 11:09:36 · answer #2 · answered by Panda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The coating is called teflon. This junk is being used to stainguard carpets & furniture. This stuff is showing up in high levels in new born babies & young children. The word is it can cause cancer but once agarin they are trying to soft soap it by not raising to much alarm. If you have been following the trans fat thing. For years they new the truth about the damage it was doing & only in the last couple of yrs. have they admitted the truth. Now how dangerous is teflon. You know who will pay the price of the deceit. Little kids. Young adults. Where is all their cancers coming from. Through them away & go back to stainless steal & scrub if you have to.
2006-11-04 10:57:04 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is true. Teflon is what makes the pan non-stick. Teflon is a carcinogen, which is a cancer causing agent. The new non-stick pans are not made with Teflon but something different. You don't automatically get cancer, but it's not good for you.
2006-11-01 07:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by Heather D 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. It is the starch coming out of the pasta and then being allowed to dry. As long as you do not use too high a heat (and definitely not when dry) and do not use a scouring pad on the saucepan you should not be peeling the lining off.
2016-05-23 04:39:30 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is probably true because just about everything will give you cancer.
2006-11-01 09:09:48 · answer #6 · answered by eddies_impala95 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if it causes cancer (probably could), but I'm sure it isn't good for you.
2006-11-01 07:53:38 · answer #7 · answered by littleblondemohawk 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋