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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.
Cookware with Teflonâ¢ brand nonstick coatings are manufactured using a liquid coating supplied by Chemours. In the cookware plant, this liquid coating is applied directly to the metal surface of the pan; sometimes two or three layers of coatings are applied.The pan is baked in a high-temperature oven to remove the liquid and to ensure that the coating adheres to the metal pan.TFE has received attention in recent years due to questions about PFOA, which is a processing aid that has been used to manufacture PTFE. Chemours has moved to next generation technologies so that PTFE can be made without the use of PFOA.