whatevergreen:

0atm11k:

loveletters2myself:

It goes so much deeper than that. It degrades at high heat (ITS COOKWARE) and when washed, runs into the water supply. Its so prevalent that mothers who have never used Teflon cookware, have Teflon microparticles in their newborn babies’ blood. Scientists wanted to study the effects of Teflon in blood (very bad for you) but they couldnt find a SINGLE control group person without Teflon in their blood. They had to use a blood sample from before World War II, before Teflon was even made, because they were the only samples without it.

Its fucked

DuPont (and others) have been poisoning the planet for decades

Dark Waters (2019) is worth watching

Study finds how much toxic microplastic comes off Teflon-coated pans while cooking

Findings highlight potential exposure risk to Teflon plastic debris during daily cooking

The Independent

This article reports on the same recent study mentioned above.