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    Quote Originally Posted by Bushmiller View Post

    Some while back I suggested to SWMBO that Teflon could become the asbestos of the 21st century: Extreme?
    Sadly, I suspect you would be correct in this assumption.

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    I think the anti-vaccination movement has a far better chance of being (one of) the asbestoses of the 21 century; it's certainly been getting a good death count, better than any other novel health risk of the last ten years or so.

    I had high hopes for homeopathy getting a ranking, but it seems too many people go to regular doctors when they have really serious conditions. Breatharians seem to get enough of a craving for food to stop them dying, so I'm not holding my breath there, either.

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    Question Teflon

    If nothing sticks to Teflon, how does it stick to the pan.?

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    Quote Originally Posted by silverback1 View Post
    If nothing sticks to Teflon, how does it stick to the pan.?
    Yes, some years back, there were concerns in the public when one of the paint manufactures added teflon to there paint; for how would the second coat be applied???

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    Quote Originally Posted by silverback1 View Post
    If nothing sticks to Teflon, how does it stick to the pan.?
    One side of a teflon sheet or film can be treated so that it accepts an adhesive but that is not how it is done with fry pans where the surface is etched so that irregular shaped dovetails are formed in the metal so when the teflon is applied as a spray it keys it's way into the metal.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Master Splinter View Post
    What's the real story with vaccines?
    Anti-Vaccine Body Count
    It's a message that really needs repeating and repeating. My job used to entail visits to institutions for the deaf and blind. With the children the main causes were mumps, measles and rubella. Sorry if this is a bit away from teflon.
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    MS, did you see the Mitchell and Webb skit about a homeopathic emergency ward. Car accident victims treated with a dilute solution of bumper bar.
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    I like the idea of dilute bumper bar....does it have to be matched to make and model for the best effect??

    So, extending that logic further, could you make a very, very, very dilute solution (therefore very powerful) of bullets to impregnate a vest (I'm talking chesty-bonds-like vest, not bullet proof vest) with as a sort of instant-curative for gunshot wounds? Get shot - healed! Get shot - healed! Get shot - healed! It'd be just like computer gaming!!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Master Splinter View Post
    I like the idea of dilute bumper bar....does it have to be matched to make and model for the best effect??

    So, extending that logic further, could you make a very, very, very dilute solution (therefore very powerful) of bullets to impregnate a vest (I'm talking chesty-bonds-like vest, not bullet proof vest) with as a sort of instant-curative for gunshot wounds? Get shot - healed! Get shot - healed! Get shot - healed! It'd be just like computer gaming!!!
    That's what Nazi Mengele was chasing in some of his experiments with live subjects.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Master Splinter View Post
    Would anyone in Queensland like to check that geckos can't stick to teflon? It's supposed to be immune to van der waals interactions....
    Mmmm...gecko

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    ...you don't need to cook the gecko...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Master Splinter View Post
    I like the idea of dilute bumper bar....does it have to be matched to make and model for the best effect??
    Ideally yes. If it didn't work they doubled the amount of water.
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    I'd rather put a toxic fumes meter thingy in the kitchen rather than a canary.

    If I had a canary in there, I'd need to look after it, end up getting too attached then become really sad if it was to die from teflon poisoning. At that point I'd forget it was the teflon that killed it and continue to live my life.

    But if the canary doesn't die, instead he kept sqawking when the toxic levels got high, I'd automatically think the silly bird needs to shut up and end up either feeding it, yelling at it or singing to it.

    A toxic fumes meter is more practical for my kitchen.

    Oh that's right, I don't even use teflon

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    34IV21378948814.jpgTeflon kettle?

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    34IV21378948814.jpgTeflon kettle?
    There you are! I knew it; I knew it! Teflon can damage your health .

    Funny thing is. Dupont agrees. Their only dispute is over what temperature this occurs and whether such temperatures can be easily achieved in the kitchen environment.

    Dupont is apparently on record as stating that PFOA, perflourooctanoic acid (also known as C8), although used in the manufacturing process is not present in the finished product. This conflicts with their statement that only small quantities are released at elevated temperatures .

    Interestingly, the Dupont factory in Parkersburg, West Virginia where it is the sole manufacturer of Teflon, settled out of court when one of the largest class actions in the US was brought against them. It alleged that they were responsible for contaminating the town water supply with PFOA. Although details were confidential as part of the agreement it is estimated that it would have been around $340,000,000. Just a little bit of Saturday night trivia.

    3M, another company that specialises in surface coatings, ceased the use of PFOAs in their products back in 2000.

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