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		adrr on Aug 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban ‘for... Heating vegetable oil up so it turns into a polymer creates carcinogens. Why cast iron pans have a non stick surface.

RajT88 on Aug 2, 2023 [–]

Had to look it up. That claim is truish. However it is only a risk while seasoning and if you are inhaling the fumes.

Needless to say, don't do that and cast iron presents no risks.

At the end of the day, a really silly reason to swear off cast iron.

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