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i always cook in stainless steel, and have 2 cast iron pans and an enamel pot which i use extensively
wont eat from nonstick ever, it will never be part of my diet
i dont have problems with food sticking at all, if you cook at the right temperatures then these things rarely happen..
http://www.ewg.org/reports/toxicteflon
http://www.ewg.org/node/18520
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Pandemonium-Over-Non--stick-Pans-18982-1/
ASHINGTON, July 8 - The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it would fine the DuPont chemical company for failing to report test results on a chemical related to the manufacturing of Teflon.
DuPont conducted tests that showed that the chemical, known as C-8, was transmitted from a pregnant DuPont worker to her fetus and that traces of it were found in public drinking water in communities near DuPont facilities, but the company did not reveal that it had done the tests, the agency said.
Congress cannot mandate such testing by a chemical company, but if testing is conducted, the results must be made public, according to the Toxic Substance Control Act.
The E.P.A. also found DuPont in violation for failing to provide all of the toxicological data it had gathered on the chemical after a 1997 request from the agency.
DuPont said it would contest the fines. "We believe that we have complied with the guidelines and the reporting requirements," R. Clifton Webb, a company spokesman, said.
A spokesman for the E.P.A. said the agency would impose a multi-million dollar fine, but he declined to be more specific.
It is unclear whether C-8, or perfluorooctanoic acid, is harmful to humans. In one study, researchers concluded that it caused developmental defects in rats, but the results could not be replicated.
In 1981, DuPont had results of blood tests conducted on pregnant workers, which showed that C-8 had been transmitted from a worker to her developing fetus, the E.P.A. said. The child appeared to be normal at birth, but the agency's complaint does not say if the child was monitored thereafter.
In 1991, the agency said, DuPont compiled evidence that C-8 levels in drinking water in communities along the Ohio River, near the company's plant in Washington, W.Va., exceeded an exposure level set by company's internal guidelines.
In March 2001, a lawyer representing residents along the river in a class-action lawsuit against DuPont sent copies of the test results to the agency.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/09/politics/09pollute.html
love this one
http://curezone.com/forums/am.asp?i=586983
possibly the best site on it all
http://www.communicationagents.com/sepp/2004/01/31/toxic_teflon_frying_pans.htm
wont eat from nonstick ever, it will never be part of my diet
i dont have problems with food sticking at all, if you cook at the right temperatures then these things rarely happen..
http://www.ewg.org/reports/toxicteflon
http://www.ewg.org/node/18520
http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Pandemonium-Over-Non--stick-Pans-18982-1/
ASHINGTON, July 8 - The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it would fine the DuPont chemical company for failing to report test results on a chemical related to the manufacturing of Teflon.
DuPont conducted tests that showed that the chemical, known as C-8, was transmitted from a pregnant DuPont worker to her fetus and that traces of it were found in public drinking water in communities near DuPont facilities, but the company did not reveal that it had done the tests, the agency said.
Congress cannot mandate such testing by a chemical company, but if testing is conducted, the results must be made public, according to the Toxic Substance Control Act.
The E.P.A. also found DuPont in violation for failing to provide all of the toxicological data it had gathered on the chemical after a 1997 request from the agency.
DuPont said it would contest the fines. "We believe that we have complied with the guidelines and the reporting requirements," R. Clifton Webb, a company spokesman, said.
A spokesman for the E.P.A. said the agency would impose a multi-million dollar fine, but he declined to be more specific.
It is unclear whether C-8, or perfluorooctanoic acid, is harmful to humans. In one study, researchers concluded that it caused developmental defects in rats, but the results could not be replicated.
In 1981, DuPont had results of blood tests conducted on pregnant workers, which showed that C-8 had been transmitted from a worker to her developing fetus, the E.P.A. said. The child appeared to be normal at birth, but the agency's complaint does not say if the child was monitored thereafter.
In 1991, the agency said, DuPont compiled evidence that C-8 levels in drinking water in communities along the Ohio River, near the company's plant in Washington, W.Va., exceeded an exposure level set by company's internal guidelines.
In March 2001, a lawyer representing residents along the river in a class-action lawsuit against DuPont sent copies of the test results to the agency.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/09/politics/09pollute.html
love this one
http://curezone.com/forums/am.asp?i=586983
possibly the best site on it all
http://www.communicationagents.com/sepp/2004/01/31/toxic_teflon_frying_pans.htm
