do you also organize dishes by type so it looks more reasonable, then proceed to wash only the easier stuff and leave the hard ones lying around for an unhealthy amount of time?

A common misconception, the teflon molecules are very stable and don’t react with almost everything, when ingested it usually just goes through your system in and out, no considerable interaction.

Now the other chemicals used to make Teflon ARE TOXIC, and are present literally, and I mean literally, everywhere on the globe.

Here’s an educative video from Veritasium about the subject, super interesting watch.