What are the environmental risks of Teflon?
Teflon off-gassing studies show that at the temperatures of conventional kitchen appliances, Teflon chemicals break apart to form the following particulates and gases: · Two chemicals linked to cancer or tumors in laboratory studies (PFOA and TFE) · Two chemicals that are potent global warming gases (PFB and CF4) · Two chemical warfare agents (PFIB and MFA) · A chemical analog of WWII nerve gas phosgene (COF2) · At least two chemicals that have widely contaminated the world (PFOA and TFA), one currently undergoing a rigorous safety review at the Environmental Protection Agency (PFOA) · Four gaseous chemicals and some components of the particulate matter that are highly persistent environmental pollutants, that likely never break down in the environment (TFA, PFOA, CF4, PFB, and the perfluorinated particulate alkanes) · Four chemicals that are considered highly toxic relative to most other industrial chemicals (PFIB, MFA, COF2, HF). The environmental effects of this substance are theref
