If you have a non-stick frying pan that has scratches on it, you'll have to throw it away.
No matter how sad it is to part with something dear to your heart, this is the best solution in this situation.
Why? Because this is the only way you can protect yourself.
It turns out that frying in a pan with damaged Teflon is extremely dangerous to your health.
The consequences can be most unpredictable.
According to research, a scratched Teflon non-stick pan can release thousands of plastic particles – that's the amount that comes from just one scratch.
If there are more of them, then the amount of harmful emissions increases several times, reports Science of The Total Environment.
Scientists are still experimenting, but it is already known for certain that there is 100% harm from cooking in a frying pan with damaged Teflon.
Adding to the complexity is the fact that Teflon microplastics and microplastics are not as easy to track as other types of plastic.
For this reason, specialists have to resort to the help of Romanov spectroscopy.
This diagnostic method involves the creation of a highly detailed image.
Diagnostic images taken showed that more than 9,000 plastic particles were released from just one scratch or damaged area on a non-stick frying pan.
Author: Elena Shimanovskaya