Teflon is nonstick in nature and has low friction and good dielectric properties. As a result, Teflon is used for many purposes. A few application areas of Teflon are listed below: Cookware: The ...

Polymer fume fever, also known as “Teflon Flu,” is used to describe the flu-like symptoms a person can get after being ...

Digital copies of Safety Data Sheets (SDS) for chemicals used at Michigan Tech are available through the MSDSonline (mtu.edu/sds). Note that access to Michigan Tech's MSDSonline database is secure and ...

Don't rush to throw out your nonstick cookware -- Teflon flu might be a real threat, but there are easy ways to eliminate the risk of getting sick. David Watsky Senior Editor / Home and Kitchen ...

If you’ve ever felt flu-like symptoms after sauteing, stir-frying or searing, your Teflon coated pan could be the culprit. Cooking with nonstick cookware can sometimes bring on a condition dubbe ...

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.

As such, pre-cast gels have not superseded hand-casting as the preferred method among the scientific community. Learn more about how a new system lets researchers produce SDS-PAGE gels on-demand and ...

If scientific procedures cannot be performed with non-mercury thermometers, Teflon-coated mercury thermometers should be used. The Teflon coating will help to reduce releases of mercury should a ...

Glenda Taylor, Product Reviews tester & writer This DuPont Teflon silicone lubricant comes ... where a material safety data sheet for the spray must be available. Silicone sprays normally contain ...

Many people enjoy the ease of not needing to spray their pots and pans when cooking, but rising cases of polymer fume fever, also called Teflon flu, have some reconsidering their cookware.