How Nonstick Pans Can Kill Birds

To think that nonstick pans garnered popularity due to the fact that it doesn’t need oil to cook, making it a very healthy alternative for cooking, apparently now it poses a greater risk for the environment specifically for our avian friends. For decades now, nonstick pans have been the first choice for every household in America since health conscious individuals developed quite a scare for all things oily. Although our efforts to lead a healthy life have been lovely, it is putting birds at a far greater risk.

Due to the overwhelming demand for such pans, almost every cooking pan manufacturer has their own nonstick type to boast about. True to its name, nonstick pans never failed to deliver the healthy side of cooking, that is if you’re talking about the “lesser oil” aspect of it, never mind the fact that you’re cooking on top of a solid chemical that exudes fumes when overheated and/or upon cooking in it the first time.

If that is not scary enough for every one of us, then consider these reports of pet bird deaths shortly after a nonstick pan is subjected to heat inside the house. Veterinarians said that it is the fumes from the nonstick pan that does it. These bird deaths were linked specifically to the use of nonstick pans when some 30 years ago pet owners started to notice their birds dying from an unknown cause. This was about the same time when people went crazy over these precious pans and started to collect them by the dozens. Manufacturers never denied the fact that their pans’ fumes can kill birds, instead they released a strict guideline on how to use nonstick pans properly without causing any health risk to humans.

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