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		rdn 26 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Penguin 'Toxicologists' Find PFAS Chemicals in Rem... Teflon is not inert at very high temperatures. Nobody ever overheats a pan?

timr 25 days ago [–]

This has nothing to do with PFAS. When you heat teflon to 500C+, the molecules break down into small molecule fluorinated gases. These molecules are not PFAS, in any way.

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