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 ...

Chemist Roy Plunkett discovered PTFE by accident: In 1938, he was developing new refrigerants for the chemical company DuPont—at the time, common yet often toxic refrigerants had a bad habit of ...

You don’t want to be stuck with this. Last year, US poison centers reported 267 suspected cases of polymer fume fever, a rare, flu-like illness from inhaling fumes from an overheated nonstick pan.

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 ...

Teflon is so well-known that a lot of people refer to all nonstick pots and pans as Teflon. The fact is, not all nonstick cookware is Teflon. Teflon has been around a long time and so have concerns ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nonstick pans are essential kitchen tools. Beyond making cleanup effortless, they're the simplest way to cook scrambled eggs, pancakes and other sticky foods. Teflon and similar chemically coated ...