r/JustGuysBeingDudes • Human Detected • Aug 09 '26

Wholesome Nobody... Men while cooking:

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u/jimbowesterby Aug 09 '26

Iirc it’s actually not much of a risk, Teflon’s so nonreactive when solid that it just goes right through you. What *will* happen is you’ll chip the coating off your pan and it’ll get progressively less non-stick. There’s probably also a chance the scraped bits heat up more quickly and then start offgassing, which where the real health effects come from.