PFAS Chemicals in non-stick pans can give you cancer 8PM BBC1 Tonight

[arista]

Panorama

PFAS Chemicals in non-stick pans
can give you cancer

I watched a bit on BBC News
Shocking............


8PM tonight

[Zizu]

I read something about them being safe if they didn’t have scratches in the surface t .. then it’s best to replace them

[arista]

I read something about them being safe if they didn’t have scratches in the surface t .. then it’s best to replace them


Yes, that's it.


Once Scratched - Chuck them Away

[Gusto Brunt]

I never liked them. From my experience the coating comes off after a while

I stopped using them years ago when I found bits of the flaky black coating on my eggs. :eek:

[emseateng2014]

what the

[arista]

[PFOA and Cancer: Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA),
a type of PFAS previously used in the manufacturing
of non-stick coatings (like Teflon) until around 2013,
has been linked to certain cancers, specifically kidney cancer
and testicular cancers, in human and animal studies.
The International Agency for Research on Cancer
(IARC) classifies PFOA as "carcinogenic to humans".]

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/11/10/00/64387789-11408511-image-m-58_1668039666326.jpg

[arista]

[Scratched or chipped pans may release
microplastic particles into food,
the long-term effects of which are still being studied,
but are generally advised to be avoided.]

[emseateng2014]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/11/10/00/64387789-11408511-image-m-58_1668039666326.jpg

oh my

[arista]

[Sydney Evans, an analyst at the Washington DC-base advocacy
firm the Environmental Working Group, told the DailyMail that:
'It's really hard to shop your way out if [PFAS exposure].'

'You can get rid of [one product], but the thing
you replace it with will also have PFAS.]


https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-11408511/How-single-scratch-nonstick-pan-release-MILLIONS-toxic-micro-plastic-particles.html