Actually it's in a lot of food wrappers.

And those aren't as durable as cooking utensils. If you don't scratch your pan with a metal fork and don't use it for two decades, it's apparently somewhat safe. Not according to the companies, I'm not shilling, Last Week Tonight had a point about it on their episode about PFA's.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W74aeuqsiU

I'd personally love to not consume any fucking PFAS, but I also understand that this French thing is still a massive step forwards for regulations on the matter.

Tldr it's still a win

Stoneware ftw. Couldn't pay me to go back to Teflon.

Barely useful. Stainless steel and cast iron can achieve an almost equal non-stick effect, and handle much higher temperatures without toxic offgassing or stuff chipping off and ending up in the food.

Leaden flatware works too, but why use it when we have ceramic?

Teflon isn't necessarily even easier to use than cast iron or stainless steel, I think the main issue there is that the education around how to use cookwear is very poor. It's not just pop on the stove and go.

Exactly, this’ll limit the exposure to them in things you wouldn’t expect them to be on/in. You can avoid Teflon pans and go iron or steel but the amount of stuff coated in PFAS is ridiculous. Hell, even sofas, rugs, blinds, etc all sorts of stuff. And before anyone says “you don’t eat that stuff”, try telling my toddlers that! I bought a black milk frothing jug for my espresso machine. The black coating? Teflon. Not mentioned anywhere, not even marketed as non-stick.

It's not planned obsolescence but something remarkably similar. They can be made for cheaper, go to shit eventually, then they wind up in a landfill while the consumer buys yet another. All wrapped up in slick marketing.

Stainless + cast iron is all you need.

A proper stainless steel frying pan here costs about 100€+, more than a similar sized carbon steel or cast iron would cost

They're not really easy to clean, but I'm sure I'm also "cooking wrong". With that said I only ever use cast iron so I don't really care

Love being able to use steel wool on my wok without worry

I use Carbon Arch btw

Both of these do require more maintenance and patience than nonstick, which will inevitably make some people upset