Comments on: U.S. Urged to Put Warning Labels on Teflon Cookware

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 15:35:55 +0000

Hi, I wrote earlier but didn’t include my e-mail. If anyone has the same problem as my sister with the extreme odor sensitivity, please e-mail either me or my sister, Angela at Angp321@aol.com

Thanks,

karen

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:18:23 +0000

Several people have reported a sensitivity to odors which caught my eye. My sister has a horrible sensitivity to odors which causes her lungs to actually hurt and makes her sick. Any odors can trigger a reaction. Her coworkers were asked to refrain from wearing colognes and the cleaning personnel has to wait until after hours to clean.

Every morning she makes herself an egg on toast before going to work in a badly scratched Teflon pan! Now this makes sense.

She was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis 4 yrs. ago and is in remission from that but her Fibromyalgia, flu-like symptoms and odor sensitivity remains a mystery to her doctors.

She has seen a Rhumatologist, Pulmonologst, ENT and an allergist to no avail. What test should she have her doctor order to see if her levels are high? Thank you.

Karen Meyers

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 00:03:04 +0000

Lately when I cook with my nonstick pan my eye vision gets blurry and I feel a liitle lite headed, has this happen to any one. I am going to stop using my nonstick pans.

By: Paul Heiland

Paul Heiland — Mon, 26 Sep 2005 19:09:15 +0000

I too was not aware of any adverse side effects when I bought my Teflon cookware set. This first night I used it to make scrambled eggs, and noticed the smoke, and the awefull smell. Out of concern, went on the web, and saw these similair experiences. I am just glad that I found out before any major damage could be done. This set is going in the trash…

By: Wolf Cremence

Wolf Cremence — Fri, 26 Aug 2005 08:21:11 +0000

I have used Teflon-coated equipment in my biochemistry lab. Magnetic stirring bars in hot solutions, mixing rods, spectroscopy tools, microchromatography fittings – almost everything is coated with it and is subjected to high temperatures, corrosive chemicals, solvents and biological fluids. And yet we have never detected even traces of Teflon monomers or related chemicals in our extremely sensitive measurements.

By: Tyrone

Tyrone — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 20:05:05 +0000

Non-stick cookware coated with teflon is safe to use at temperatures up to 500°F (which is well above the temperature required for roasting, baking, or frying). Significant decomposition of the teflon coating does not occur until 660°F. Anyone who allows a pan to reach 660°F probably should not be cooking in the first place.

Extensive scientific testing and analysis have shown that teflon does not contain PFOA. Any PFOA that is used in the production of teflon is removed during the manufacturing and high temperature application processes.

Teflon is an amazing product. If it were not safe, it would not have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. I think a healthy diet and regular exercise might help all of you ailing people.

By: Carrie

Carrie — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 05:20:32 +0000

Teflon allergies are real! I am highly allergic to it. If I touch anything with teflon I break out into a sever rash, swelling and high fever. Likewise, if I eat food cooked in a teflon pan I have flu-like symptoms, dizziness and a high fever within a few minutes of it. Symptoms usually only last while that fod is in my system. Growing up they thought I had irratble bowl syndrome or ulcers. Then, I watched a news program about teflon poisoning people had gotten and it sounded a lot like me. I had been living with flu-like symptoms for almost 5 years and when I stopped using teflon the sickness went away. I now have to watch the makeup I wear, the lotion or fingernail polish I use, the pans I buy, the carpet and clothing and furniture that I buy…Teflon is a man-made material that now has been shown to likely cause cancer. Who knows what other “news” will come to us about this “miracle product”. I, for one, am not impressed. Be aware!

By: Ellen Muskus

Ellen Muskus — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 23:03:35 +0000

Thank you everyone; your comments have just made me realize that I have not been suffering from lyme disease ,but “Teflon” disease! I’m going to throw out my “wonderful” Teflon-coated griddle that I’ve been using a whole lot over the last several months. Looks like my negative lyme test wasn’t really a false -negative after all.

Thanks everyone!

By: Jan Burnham

Jan Burnham — Sat, 18 Jun 2005 15:47:57 +0000

For Marita,

I had the same symptoms- shortness of breath, cough, chest tightness, sensitivity to many smells like cig smoke, candles and especially soaps, detergents etc. Doctor said I had sarcoidosis/anemia- maybe a touch of asthma. Never had anything before. I used inhaler to ease chest pains and stop wheezing, and tried Flonase for sinus drainage (a lot of phlegm) and took some steroid type pills for cough. Now I stopped taking everything and feel better.(about 2 mo. later) Think it was mostly the low iron (took iron pills that were prescribed) that caused a lot of it. Yes, I also use non-stick coated pans but that never crossed my mind. There are so many symptoms that are alike- how does one tell?

By: Kate Gillis

Kate Gillis — Wed, 25 May 2005 22:53:47 +0000

I purchased a new bed pillow yesterday.

The inside of the pillow is filled with fowl feathers (duck feathers) and/or down and the outside of the pillow is made with micro-fiber. My husband has been using a down filled pillow for years. I bought a Teflon pillow cover for my new pillow. The Teflon works like the carpet cleaner that has Teflon and it keeps down on spotting. Well, my husband tried out my new pillow for a few minutes when he got into bed. I had put on the Teflon cover and a regular pillow case. About 3 minutes later my husband’s face started to swell, his entire body turned red and he felt itchy all over. He already had a down-filled pillow so my assumption is that he was reacting to the Teflon pillow cover. I returned it today at the store and purchased an allergy free pillow cover. The only thing I know of that my husband has had an allergic reaction to is bee stings and poison ivy. I found this site and I’m still thinking it was the Teflon pillow cover that caused the reaction. I’ll never buy anything with Teflon again.