The condition has been colloquially referred to as “Teflon flu,” after the trade name of a popular nonstick coating. But the health questions are not specific to any particular manufacturer.

Medicine: The chemical inertness of Teflon makes it apt for making artificial body parts. Armor-piercing bullets: Teflon is used to coat specific types of hardened armor-piercing bullets. This coating ...

BEIJING -- A group of Chinese researchers have developed a novel self-cleaning electrode by constructing a ...

Try to keep the surface temperature at or below 450 degrees F, or emissions from the PTFE coating are likely to increase. Nonstick or Teflon is a popular choice for home cooks. The big draw is ...

Nonstick coatings, or release coatings, allow easy release of food, rubber, adhesives, or other media from cookware, bakeware, electrical appliances, molds, shafts ...

The spray, which is more slippery than Teflon, would be affected ... "Our team has developed a robust bio-inspired, liquid, sludge- and bacteria-repellent coating that can essentially make a ...

For the heater probe, which has a non-stick Teflon coating, these associations have not been observed. 59 BICAP and heater probe enable water jet irrigation through an opening on the probe tip.

If you find that Teflon flu is an issue for you, you can choose pots and pans that don’t use this coating. It depends on how long you’re exposed to the substance. According to the Missouri ...

A Chinese research group has recently developed a novel self-cleaning electrode by constructing a micro-/nanostructure of a highly active catalyst with appropriate surface modification, achieving ...

Metal peroxide (MO2, M=Ca, Sr, Ba) is an alternative to hydrogen peroxide (H2O2). It has excellent oxidative properties, ...

In this series, Sharon Lerner exposes DuPont’s multi-decade cover-up of the severe harms to health associated with a chemical known as PFOA, or C8, and associated compounds such as PFOS and GenX.