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> wrote:
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> > Here's one, recent too: Death is by teflon outgassing or PTFE. Do you
> > agree now? Formalin is formaldehyde that you mentioned as an absurd
> > possibility. Now it is not so absurd. Did I misunderstand the abstract?
>
> I misunderstood the formalin. They are referring to fixing the lungs of
> the dead chickens in formalin, not that formalin formed in the lungs?
> In any case, PTFE cause pulmonary edema and the death of the chickens.
> So that's proof enough that PTFE can kill birds and it's not a fairy
> tale.

Yes. It's the free fluorine that does it. But so what? NO proper use of
teflon-coated pans will cause the release of any fluorine, and birds
were used in mines for what reason? Because they were vastly more
sensitive to poisonous gases than humans.

Any teflon that flakes off the pan will pass through you totally
unaltered. Teflon is close to the most non-reactive stuff in existence.

Isaac