You are absolutely correct (except that the research isn't all that new). I raise birds for a living and it was proven about 15 years ago that overheated nonstick cookware does this. (the pet bird industry fought DuPont to place warnings in all their nonstick cookware boxes for many years.) The lungs, air sacs, and internal airways become blistered and the birds die very, very quickly. In fact, it was discovered because someone overheated a pan and all their birds in their house died in order of the placement of their cages. The cage nearest the stove contained the first to die. The owners watched all their birds die in a matter of minutes. Non heated Teflon should be no problem, even if ingested. It is only the gas that is given off of severly overheated teflon that is the problem. (It has happened to many people, and only when the pans ran dry or were empty with the heat on, as far as I am aware.)



Rodney

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