• gens@programming.dev
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    18 hours ago

    This article is horrible. Anyway…

    Teflon has a melting point of 327°C, that can happen on a stove.

    IMO It’s fine, just don’t burn your pan. Not sure about scratching it, but don’t do that either.

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      5 hours ago

      using a pan means you have to construct that pan, in a factory that pollutes massive amount of PFAS directly into the soil and water table.

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      16 hours ago

      I’m not sure you need to melt it for the PFAS to leech out. There was a study recently about smart watch bands and they found that the PFAS exposure from wearing them was way above safe limits and they weren’t being heated to 327C.

      Admittedly frypan coatings and watch bands are not the same materials, but still…

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      17 hours ago

      So, just don’t do the two things that happen to every non-stick pan ever. Gotcha.

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        16 hours ago

        Yeah has no one seen the horror show that is the used pan section of a thrift store? More flaking than a millennial get-together.