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To: Grainne who wrote (94454)	1/24/2005 12:26:17 AM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Teflon is really a unique material. I had birds (parrots) and yes, if the pans get the point where the monomer breaks out, it is toxic. We never had any problems and we finally got rid of our Teflon in favor of Stainless Steel. I don't think we have epidemiological studies to know WHAT Teflon and other perfluoridated materials do and that's what I think we should do. We should study it and clean up any leakage. We should also be circumspect about using it everywhere. Is there a replacement for Teflon? No, there really aren't other materials (other than nearly identical compounds) that have the properties of perfluoridated hydrocarbons. There really aren't good substitutes for non-stick coatings and they aren't just used in kitchenware but in the production of sterile devices and other innumerable applications. If you got salmonella or ptomaine from a machine that was harder to clean, then you've just made up for one potential savings of someone who got cancer. I assure you that food poisoning was a MAJOR cause of death and that in no small part, Teflon has made our food supplies cheaper and safer. I wish technology ONLY made the world safer, but it doesn't. Do you use ANYTHING with LEDs? These devices are 100 times more toxic than Teflon. It's just that they are sealed up inside an epoxy cell that they are not terribly hazardous. It think people are too cavalier about rechargable batteries, electronic parts, industrial pollutants, etc. But, I'm not really prepared to abandon them either. I don't know what the right answer is.