I've heard for years that Teflon pans were bad for us. They are all right (from what I hear) as long as they are not heated beyond a certain point. (Or the Teflon coating gets scratched off by using metal utensils.) After that point, it starts to flake off. As long as they are not used above medium heat, the teflon stays on. Supposedly, anyway. There are no teflon pans in my house. Or aluminum either, which are also suspect. Just stainless and cast iron. -- JF On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 9:23 AM, Leslie Bartlett <l-bartlett at sbcglobal.net>wrote: > I was reading in AARP today, an article about cancer/prevention and came > across this."....household toxins should be minimized. Substances that can > impair your body's cancer-fighting system include certain preservatives in > cosmetics (called parpbens and Phthalates): TEFLON(emphasis mine) released > from scratched pans.........." > > This a doctor who has also had cancer...... > > Is there research which would suggest all teflon is a carcinogen? Some > have said it is temperature sensitive. Now, I am a bit concerned. Perhaps > I have missed some discussion. > les bartlett > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech_ptg.org/attachments/20090225/e3537fee/attachment-0001.html>
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