Too Hot to Handle?

Take precautions to resolve sticky issues about nonstick cookware

Allentown Morning Call, Joanna Poncavage
Published February 22, 2006

True confessions: I recently burned a pot of rice into a brick-like object. I'd like to say I was researching the health-and-safety issues associated with nonstick cookware recently in the news; but the truth is, I simply got distracted in the basement for an hour and forgot I had something on the stove. Thanks to the pot's nonstick coating, the rice slid right into the garbage. But it appeared that some of the nonstick coating was flaking off, and my kitchen was filled with an irritating, burned smell. The next day, my throat was scratchy and I had a little cough. Was it a minor, temporary irritation, or something more serious, I wondered? To view the rest of this article, please visit www.mcall.com.