Most people have frying pans coated with Teflon so nothing sticks.

大多數人的煎鍋都塗有特氟龍，所以不會粘鍋。

But can inhaling fumes from Teflon make you sick?

但是，吸入特氟龍的煙霧會讓人生病嗎？

There is now talk of a Teflon flu, but is it real?

現在有關於特氟龍流感的說法，但這是真的嗎？

Can cooking with a nonstick pan make you sick? Across social media, people are throwing out their nonstick cookware, worried it will give them what's being called Teflon flu.

用不粘鍋做飯會讓人生病嗎？在社交媒體上，人們紛紛扔掉自己的不粘鍋，擔心不粘鍋會讓他們患上所謂的特富龍流感。

Getting rid of the Teflon.

擺脫特氟龍

Stop cooking on Teflon.

別再用特氟龍做飯了

But is it real?

但這是真的嗎？

America's Poison Centers says there's been a spike in cases with 267 reports of Teflon flu just last year. Experts say Teflon flu is transmitted when you scrape the bottom of nonstick cookware, releasing harmful chemicals that are inhaled into the body.

美國毒物中心（America's Poison Centers）稱，特富龍流感病例激增，僅去年一年就有 267 例報告。專家說，特富龍流感的傳播途徑是刮不粘鍋的底部，釋放出的有害化學物質被吸入人體。

It's not an infectious disease like influenza.

它不是像流感那樣的傳染病。

It's really a reaction or a respiratory illness caused by exposure to these, what are called forever chemicals.

這其實是一種反應，或者說是一種呼吸道疾病，是由於接觸了這些所謂的 "永遠的化學物質 "而引起的。

The big one being PTFE or polytetrafluoroethylene.

其中最大的一種是聚四氟乙烯（PTFE）。

And it causes a respiratory syndrome that's similar to kind of getting when you get sick and get the flu. Jasmine Banks says she recovered from Teflon flu. "I had a fever, I had a sore throat, I was just exhausted." How long did it last? "Two weeks." And then when we stopped using the pans within 24 hours, we were significantly better.

它引起的呼吸道綜合徵類似於感冒。茉莉-班克斯說她從特富龍流感中恢復過來了"我發燒，喉嚨痛，精疲力盡"持續了多久？"兩週"當我們在24小時內停止使用平底鍋後 我們就明顯好轉了

Once you start damaging the nonstick coating, that's gonna get you sick. Creamier Food Safety CEO Donnie Yu showed our Victoria Recano how to cook safely with Teflon. "My kids really like eggs.

一旦開始損壞不粘塗層，就會讓你生病。Creamier Food Safety 首席執行官唐尼-於（Donnie Yu）向我們的維多利亞-雷卡諾（Victoria Recano）展示瞭如何使用特富龍安全烹飪。"我的孩子們非常喜歡吃雞蛋。

So basically what I do is put it on a low heat and then I'll add a little bit of butter.

是以，我的做法基本上是小火加熱，然後加入少許黃油。

Don't wait too long to start cooking your eggs.

開始煮雞蛋時不要等太久。

The issue happens when you just have a pan sitting there in high heat." He says never let the pan heat above 500 degrees and don't use metal cooking utensils. "The only safe spatula you can use would be the rubber.

問題就發生在你把平底鍋放在高溫下的時候。他說，千萬不要讓平底鍋的溫度超過 500 度，也不要使用金屬烹飪用具。"唯一安全的鍋鏟是橡膠的。

It's not gonna scrape any of the nonstick coating off of the pan." "What's the best way to clean a Teflon pan?" "So you can use this side, this is safe.

"它不會刮掉鍋上的不粘塗層""清洗特富龍平底鍋的最好方法是什麼？""所以你可以用這邊，這邊很安全

Okay, it's not gonna cause any type of damage.

好吧，它不會造成任何傷害。

This is a side you don't wanna use, so this is gonna scrape the metal coating." Experts say if your Teflon pans have scratches or dings, you should throw them out.

"這一面是你不想用的，所以這一面會刮傷金屬塗層"。專家說，如果你的特富龍平底鍋有劃痕或凹痕，就應該扔掉。

And if you're worried about Teflon making you sick, you can use nonstick alternatives including ceramic cookware or a cast iron skillet.

如果你擔心特富龍會讓你生病，你可以使用不粘鍋的替代品，包括陶瓷炊具或鑄鐵平底鍋。