Experts have always warned of the importance of the kitchen and the tools we use in it for human health.
While a frying pan is an essential component of kitchen equipment, on the other hand, it can be a source of concern.
Scientists from Newcastle University and Flinders University in Australia have confirmed that there are health risks to the frying pan, if it is exposed to scratches of a certain type, according to the Science of The Total Environment magazine.
The study confirmed that damage to the frying pan by a scratch may lead to the spread of more than 2.3 million plastic nanoparticles that are transmitted to food.
dangerous minutes
To study the consequences of using Tefalon utensils, the researchers used molecular spectroscopy and also designed a computer model, where they pointed out the need to inform specialists and consumers of the danger of those minutes when preparing food.
The researchers also pointed out that there is a need to conduct additional experiments in order to assess the danger of these minutes to human health.
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In addition, Yuhong Tang, a mechanical engineer at the same university and supervisor of the research, warned that the recent results give a warning in order to pay attention to the necessity of selecting and using cooking utensils to avoid food contamination.
A clear warning.. stop using it
It is noteworthy that the researchers called for further investigations about how common and dangerous this release of microplastics and nanoplastics is in such cases.
Accordingly, they issued warnings to avoid using old cooking pots and pans, especially after a certain period of time had passed.