EllenD
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- Senegal Parrot named "Kane"; Yellow-Sided Green Cheek Conure named "Bowie"; Blue Quaker Parrot named "Lita Ford"; Cockatiel named "Duff"; 8 American/English Budgie Hybrids; Ringneck Dove named "Dylan"
No, PFOA's are totally different than PTFE's, and there are actually others as well...T-Fal, if that's the brand, uses a form of Teflon-non-stick coating, which is not safe!!!! Please don't use T-Fal pans! The packaging needs to say either "green/eco-safe/flourocarbon-free", or both "PFOA and PTFE free", and cannot contain any type of non-stick coating that contains Teflon...the T-Fal name came from "Teflon"...
You can buy a very good set of ceramic non-stick pots and pans at places like Ross or TJMAXX for less than $50...or you can use stainless steel, cast iron, real copper, etc. But no T-Fal, and nothing that has the black non-stick coating!!! What happens is when that black, non-stick, teflon coating heats up to near 400 degrees F, the flourocarbons are released, and the fumes are almost instantly fatal to birds. There is not a thing you can do about it. And there are many accounts of birds that were on entirely different floors of a house, behind closed doors, who have dropped over dead while people were cooking in the kitchen...It's so easy to allow a pan to heat-up too hot, and then that's it...So it's simply not worth the risk, same thing with normal cleaners, scented candles, sprays, incense, etc. You just can't use them anymore.
You can buy a very good set of ceramic non-stick pots and pans at places like Ross or TJMAXX for less than $50...or you can use stainless steel, cast iron, real copper, etc. But no T-Fal, and nothing that has the black non-stick coating!!! What happens is when that black, non-stick, teflon coating heats up to near 400 degrees F, the flourocarbons are released, and the fumes are almost instantly fatal to birds. There is not a thing you can do about it. And there are many accounts of birds that were on entirely different floors of a house, behind closed doors, who have dropped over dead while people were cooking in the kitchen...It's so easy to allow a pan to heat-up too hot, and then that's it...So it's simply not worth the risk, same thing with normal cleaners, scented candles, sprays, incense, etc. You just can't use them anymore.
