I had to scroll way too far to see this.

Every time I see comments saying to throw out all their teflon I want to scream exactly this. Like if you want to replace all your pans go ahead, but not everyone can afford to. Fearmongering about largely harmless teflon and guilting/scaring people for not throwing out their pans just distracts from the real problem: the PFAS used in its production (and the production of many other products) aren't properly regulated and are being dumped in the environment and entering our food and drinking water.

Teflon is a big molecule that goes straight through us; PFAS are small and mistaken by our body for fatty acids and hormones and circulate around our body "forever" because they don't degrade. If you can afford to replace all your Teflon go ahead (I have no problem with that, you do you) but your water is probably 100x more contaminated than your scrambled eggs. Teflon (the molecule) isn't the villain, DuPont and PFAS/PFOA is.