is the convenience worth the risks?
2006-11-18 19:50:06 · 8 answers · asked by TBY 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
"In two to five minutes on a conventional stovetop, cookware coated with Teflon and other non-stick surfaces can exceed temperatures at which the coating breaks apart and emits toxic particles and gases linked to hundreds, perhaps thousands, of pet bird deaths and an unknown number of human illnesses each year, according to tests commissioned by Environmental Working Group ." It has to remain empty and at this hot temperture for it to become toxic. If you do not keep it empty it will not do the above cracking and become toxic.
2006-11-18 19:58:45 · answer #1 · answered by mommyblues78 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What risks? Do you know how long teflon cookware has been in use? If it was going to kill people or make them sick, the evidence would be apparent by now.
So, yes, the convenience is worth the risks.
2006-11-18 19:56:04 · answer #2 · answered by kensval 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Teflon cookware can release toxic material if it is overheated, so beware of this. Also avoid scratching it by using metallic objects, as this may contaminate the food. As long as you bear this in mind, using teflon cookware should be fine
2006-11-18 20:00:35 · answer #3 · answered by Michael T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that big of a deal. Teflon is an amazing product and it is a shame what is happening to the company that produces it. Many things are suspected of causing cancer, the sun causes cancer but we aren't suing it are we? With life spans increasing the % of ppl who get cancer increases. Live longer = greater chance of eventually contracting cancer. I'm not willing to give up charcoal, teflon or anything else that we have here to make this life easier just because I *might* get cancer.
2006-11-18 19:58:21 · answer #4 · answered by eyvind59 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just get new pans when the old ones start flaking. The cheap pans work as nicely as the expensive ones so you don't have to fret about the price.
Just by something from wal-mart, whatever's cheap.
2006-11-18 20:00:03 · answer #5 · answered by Sue L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I no longer use any non-stick cookware.
2006-11-18 22:17:01 · answer #6 · answered by The professor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's very scary, actually, to read about it. I mean, how could the polar bears up north have those chemicals in their bodies?? So what is it doing to us?
2006-11-18 22:36:07 · answer #7 · answered by Lydia 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yep
2006-11-18 19:52:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋