>>>>Don't buy a non-stick until you've googled "pfoa". An old-fashioned carbon steel wok will last forever and give excellent results.
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>>>Thanks. This is exactly the kind of advice I was looking for. I will go with carbon steel.
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>>>Every pot and pan in the house has Teflon or some other non-stick surface. I'm not going to replace them all but PFOA is not happy news.
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>>It's been all over the news programs, especiallly the morning news programs since early 2008. The latest is that it has been tested perfectly safe as long as you do not cook using high heat (don't go above 350 degrees) and you never heat the pan without oil in it.
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>>Of course, that rules out woks.
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>I think you know I don't watch TV news unless there is a huge breaking story. Glad to hear PFOA is not necessarily lethal ;-)

One thing local news (or even national morning news) is great about is notifying the public of recalls and health warnings.