When these lab rats breathe in fumes from overheated non-stick coating, their lungs show a big increase in inflammation signals within just a few hours.

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Characterization of the early pulmonary inflammatory response associated with PTFE fume exposure.

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1996 Sep

The study looked at the same thing the claim talks about—how rat lungs react to toxic fumes from overheated Teflon. It found the exact same big increases in inflammation signals that the claim mentions.

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Characterization of the early pulmonary inflammatory response associated with PTFE fume exposure.

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DOI: 10.1006/TAAP.1996.0208

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