Dear Dr. Gott: My wife is systematically discarding all of our Teflon-coated pots, pans and utensils in response to a perceived concern that Teflon is a health risk. Furthermore, we are significantly ...

Your kitchen's non-stick cookware seems harmless enough, right? You use it daily for eggs, pancakes, or searing chicken. The convenience is undeniable. Yet there's a darker story lurking beneath that ...

Home chefs and kitchen novices might be familiar with the controversy of non-stick cookware, which has come under fire in recent years for allegedly making people sick. Over time, the polymers that ...

A comment to one of my recent posts said: "Hey you wanna do a story? Try researching Teflon and what the FDA's special group studying it has been up to and what the manufacturer has been doing. Then ...

It is possible to recycle Teflon, but it's a long, difficult process that can involve separating the Teflon from whatever it's coating, grinding it up, subjecting it to high temperatures, and then ...

Coating adhesion problems related to guidewires and other devices apparently aren't going away, if a Monday safety communication out of FDA is any indication. Chris Newmarker FDA is warning health ...