Health Concern: Non-Stick Pans Could Release Millions Of Microplastics, Says Study
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Teflon non-stick pots and pans start losing their coating as we continuously use and wash them.
A new study has revealed that many small particles might be slipping in our food through non-stick pans, adding that a small broken crack on a Teflon-coated pan can release as many as 9,100 particles.The study was conducted by Flinders University and University of Newcastle. It has also been published in Science of The Total Environment.
Teflon non-stick pots and pans start losing their coating as we continuously use and wash them. The research adds that gauging just how much plastic is released is difficult.
The researchers also added that Teflon is generally a family member of PFAS (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances), which are largely lab made chemicals.
By applying the Raman imaging technique, the researchers aimed to examine microplastics and nanoplastics on a Teflon coating at a molecular level via photon scattering.
