Guest guest Posted January 11, 2002 Report Share Posted January 11, 2002 On the Internet I read that these sheets are coated with Teflon. A standard warning has been in effect for years for bird owners to not use Teflon frying pans since the fumes from the Teflon can be fatal to pet birds. Any heating of those sheets will release toxic fumes from the Teflon (the more heat the more toxins). Teflex is also used on cars as a rather permanent polymer-type replacement for paste wax. I think there is good reason to throw those sheets out or give them to the hazardous materials reclamation center in your area. -=mark=- At 04:38 PM 1/11/02 +0000, you wrote: >Hello, I purchased the Excalibur dehydrator with teflex sheets >included. Does anyone know of reasons not to dry food or cook food >on teflex sheets? > >It doesn't seem like a great idea but there are many things that I >am not doing " properly " yet. > >Thanks for your input, > >Jamay > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 11, 2002 Report Share Posted January 11, 2002 any suggestions as to what to replace them with? I make my own " fruit leather " for the kids and that was what I used. It won't work without some sort of barrier--would waxed paper work? I didn't want to use saran wrap for the same reasons. angela ----- Original Message ----- From: " Theta Sigma " <thetasig@...> < > Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:47 PM Subject: Re: Teflex sheets > On the Internet I read that these sheets are coated with Teflon. A > standard warning has been in effect for years for bird owners to not use > Teflon frying pans since the fumes from the Teflon can be fatal to pet > birds. Any heating of those sheets will release toxic fumes from the > Teflon (the more heat the more toxins). Teflex is also used on cars as a > rather permanent polymer-type replacement for paste wax. > > I think there is good reason to throw those sheets out or give them to the > hazardous materials reclamation center in your area. > > -=mark=- > > > At 04:38 PM 1/11/02 +0000, you wrote: > >Hello, I purchased the Excalibur dehydrator with teflex sheets > >included. Does anyone know of reasons not to dry food or cook food > >on teflex sheets? > > > >It doesn't seem like a great idea but there are many things that I > >am not doing " properly " yet. > > > >Thanks for your input, > > > >Jamay > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 12, 2002 Report Share Posted January 12, 2002 Is there a better dehydrator then? Or can you get other drawers? I'm assuming the regular " drawers " of the dehydrator are covered in teflon? Lynne > >Hello, I purchased the Excalibur dehydrator with teflex sheets > >included. Does anyone know of reasons not to dry food or cook food > >on teflex sheets? > > > >It doesn't seem like a great idea but there are many things that I > >am not doing " properly " yet. > > > >Thanks for your input, > > > >Jamay > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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