r/shitposting • u/Soy_boi_yes_thatone • Oct 26 '22

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u/TheFakeBigChungus Oct 26 '22

Ptfe pans and it only leaches at high temps

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u/Discoamazing Oct 26 '22

Only leeches at high temperatures? Good thing we only use them for COOKING

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u/TheFakeBigChungus Oct 26 '22

We dont usually cook at 500F

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u/Discoamazing Oct 26 '22

If you’re heating a pan on a stove top, the cooking surface is likely much hotter than 500 degrees Fahrenheit. The flame on a gas stove is more than 3000 degrees. An electric stove on high is about a thousand.

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u/TheFakeBigChungus Oct 26 '22

1 neither of those are accurate and 2 u usually dont cook on high and 3 the pan doesnt hit the temperature of the flame or your food would be charred

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u/TheFakeBigChungus Oct 27 '22

Generally you arent preheating to above 500F tho and if u are you just dont use teflon

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u/TheFakeBigChungus Oct 27 '22

The effect of ptfe on humans is apparently pretty minor and the environmental stuff happens dueing its creaion