Because this is an illness you don’t want to get. Food & Wine / Getty Images There’s a lot of chatter out there right now about “Teflon flu,” an illness you can develop from using pans coated with ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aleksandr Zubkov via Getty Images When I bought my first set of pots and pans, I made sure they were coated with Teflon. At the ...

Teflon is one of science's wonderful examples of serendipity. In April 1938, DuPont chemist Roy J. Plunkett was working on a new, safer chlorofluorocarbon refrigerant that wasn't explosive or ...

UNDATED (WKRC) - Non-stick frying pans and other kitchen appliances have been linked to some health problems, including Teflon Flu. Poison Control Centers released reports that showed suspected ...

Non-stick pots could be releasing millions of tiny plastic particles as users are cooking or washing. In a new study, Australian researchers said that just one surface crack on a Teflon-coated pan ...

Credited in the Guiness book of records as the world's most slippery substance, Teflon has escaped the scrutiny of environmental regulators for 50 years. Now evidence suggests that the chemicals that ...

A recent record number of cases of polymer fume fever, also known as "Teflon flu," are putting a spotlight on one of the most common causes of the condition, the use of nonstick pans. Over 265 ...

Anyone who has ever made an omelet with a nonstick frying pan can appreciate the beauty of Teflon. Known chemically as polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), the compound is ubiquitous in kitchenware, and ...

Pass legislation to phase out the sale of cookware that contains Teflon, a nonstick material that is a form of toxic PFAS.

When I bought my first set of pots and pans, I made sure they were coated with Teflon. At the time, that was the gold standard in nonstick cookware. I wanted to make sure I could cook with abandon ...