The teflon coating in your pans contain a chemical, Perfluorooctanoic acid(c8) that causes several types of cancers, birth defects, etc. Thanks DuPont/3M.    https://  7000  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanoic_acid http://www.ewg.org/release/tiny-concentrations-teflon-chemical-harmful-public-health https://theintercept.com/2015/08/11/dupont-chemistry-deception/ http://www.c8sciencepanel.org/prob_link.html