TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bononi, Monica 
AU  - Tateo, Fernando 
PY  - 2007
TI  - Identification of Perfluorooctanoic Acid Release from Commercial Coated Cooking Pans by Liquid Chromatography Coupled to Electrospray Ionization Tandem Mass Spectrometry
JF  - American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
DO  - 10.3844/ajabssp.2007.191.194
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajabssp.2007.191.194
AB  - Salts of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) can be used in the manufacture of fluoropolymers employed for coating pans; moreover, PFOA can be formed as a byproduct of thermolysis of the aforesaid fluoropolymers. This study was carried out to evaluate PFOA migration into food cooked in fluoropolymer-coated pans. The pans were purchased from a local retailer and subjected to cooking conditions. Used oil was extracted with a methanol/water solution and analyzed by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC/MS/MS). We found that PFOA can enter cooked food during a container's first phases of use, not only in containers already abused by kitchen tools or otherwise scratched.