Unlike other ceramic cookware brands the Ozeri pan utilizes GREBLON ceramic - an ultra-safe ceramic coating from Germany which is 100% PTFE PFOA and APEO free (no heavy metals or chemicals).</br>Innovative honeycomb textured cooking surface delivers enhanced heat distribution and unprecedented non-stick performance without releasing harmful fumes or toxins at high temperatures.</br>Utilizes a new scratch-resistant dual ceramic coating that is super easy to clean with superior abrasion resistance.</br>Made out of durable heavy-gauge die-cast aluminum with no heavy metals or harmful chemicals.</br>Boasts a comfortable heat-resistant silicon coated handle and a magnetized induction stove safe base for rapid heat transfer.</br></br>Product Description</br></br>Utilizing GREBLON -- an ultra-safe dual ceramic coating from Germany the Green Earth Pan by Ozeri is one of the world's first frying pans to achieve non-stick perfection while remaining absolutely free of PTFE PFOA and APEO. Conventional cookware and other ceramic cookware brands achieve their non-stick performance through a coating of PTFE (PolyTetraFluoroEthylene)?? a synthetic substance that has waxy properties. At very high temperatures?? PTFE begins to decompose and release fumes which are documented to be lethal to birds and small pets?? and can be harmful to humans.  In addition?? traditional pans incorporating PTFE are often manufactured with the aid of PFOA (PerFluoroOctanoic Acid)?? which the EPA has classified as a 'persistent pollutant of the environment'?? and APEO (Alkylphenol ethoxylates)?? which are under restricted use in Germany due to environmental concerns about their poor biodegradability?? toxicity to aquatic life?? and potential to act as endocrine disrupters. With the Green Earth Pan's GREBLON ceramic from Germany?? even under high temperatures?? no harmful toxic substances are ever released into the environment. This is because the Green Earth Pan utilizes an inert?? 100% ceramic coating inspired by nature - not a