The teflon is fine, you could eat it even, its the precursor chemicals which are harmful and the teflon will only break back down into those if you fuck up and heat the pan to nearly glowing.
Okay but does that matter? I recently saw a video from Veratasium about teflon and there they mentioned that teflon is too large to be absorbed by the body, it just comes out on the other end. It’s the smaller compounds used for producing teflon that are poisoning our water, bodies, and everything else with PFAS. Companies just dumping this poison into our water supply. If this is false I’m open to learn ofc.
Its manufacturing requires relatively large quantities of fairly toxic and also very resistant chemicals. This means that when they enter the environment (and they will), they will poison it for a very long time, with consequences that are not yet fully understood.
In addition, it decomposes when heated above 260°C and can detach from the pan and get into your food. Keep in mind that almost all oils start to smoke well before reaching this temperature, so you should be able to tell when you’ve just ruined your pan.
In my opinion: hot stainless steel and a little butter will prevent food from sticking. This requires a (easy to learn, but still) technique, but once you got it, you can enjoy your stainless steel pan for basically forever.
And no, it’s plastic. If they’re cheap ones they’re usually a wonderful combination of assorted plastics that happened to be at the Chinese recycling plant that day.
No, I actually know those kitchen tongs, they are silicone. Have you seen kitchen tongs that look exactly like those, and have felt them to be plastic? Unless you did, they are 100% silicone.
AND THEN YOU COOK IT IN A FUCKING TEFLON PAN
The teflon is fine, you could eat it even, its the precursor chemicals which are harmful and the teflon will only break back down into those if you fuck up and heat the pan to nearly glowing.
Okay but does that matter? I recently saw a video from Veratasium about teflon and there they mentioned that teflon is too large to be absorbed by the body, it just comes out on the other end. It’s the smaller compounds used for producing teflon that are poisoning our water, bodies, and everything else with PFAS. Companies just dumping this poison into our water supply. If this is false I’m open to learn ofc.
What’s wrong with teflon?
Its manufacturing requires relatively large quantities of fairly toxic and also very resistant chemicals. This means that when they enter the environment (and they will), they will poison it for a very long time, with consequences that are not yet fully understood.
In addition, it decomposes when heated above 260°C and can detach from the pan and get into your food. Keep in mind that almost all oils start to smoke well before reaching this temperature, so you should be able to tell when you’ve just ruined your pan.
In my opinion: hot stainless steel and a little butter will prevent food from sticking. This requires a (easy to learn, but still) technique, but once you got it, you can enjoy your stainless steel pan for basically forever.
With plastic tongs lol
What’s wrong with plastic thongs?
Well beyond micro and macro plastics being deposited into your food, significant amounts of chemicals you don’t want to eat.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-plastics-cooking-utensils-flame-retardants_l_673ca44ce4b07493607ab2ee
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/toxic-black-plastic-kitchen-alternatives/
That’s silicon
You mean silicone?
And no, it’s plastic. If they’re cheap ones they’re usually a wonderful combination of assorted plastics that happened to be at the Chinese recycling plant that day.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/black-plastics-cooking-utensils-flame-retardants_l_673ca44ce4b07493607ab2ee
No, I actually know those kitchen tongs, they are silicone. Have you seen kitchen tongs that look exactly like those, and have felt them to be plastic? Unless you did, they are 100% silicone.
Also let’s not forget that the authors of that study were off by a factor of 10: https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/black-plastic