When Brian Chesky and Quora User initially launched what nowadays is one of the biggest travel websites, they named it AirBed&Breakfast.
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), linked in laboratory animals to an increase in tumours of the liver, pancreas and testicles and reduced fertility, is one of the chemicals used in the chain of reactions that makes the common non-stick surface Teflon.
Don't Toss That Teflon Pan -- Yet. Last week's news about U.S. manufacturers' gradual elimination of a certain chemical from their factory emissions and products with nonstick coating caused home cooks to look askance at some of their kitchen equipment. We asked Food 101 columnist and chemistry professor Robert L. Wolke for his take on the matter.