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Teflon
Board: Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogen
Feb 15, 2006
| AP
A group of scientific advisers to the Environmental Protection Agency voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a recommendation that a chemical used in...
Safety Concerns May Stick to Teflon
Feb 14, 2006
| Los Angeles Times
For home cooks and professional chefs, Teflon might be the best kitchen innovation since sliced bread became a cliche.A pan with the nonstick coating...
Teflon chemical found in infants
Feb 6, 2006
| www.sun-sentinel.com
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Hospital drew blood from the umbilical cords of 300 newborns and discovered something that would be deeply unnerving to...
Panel: Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogen
Jan 30, 2006
| AP
A chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other nonstick and stain-resistant products should be considered a "likely" carcinogen,...
In Surprising Move, EPA Seeks to Ensure the Elimination of PFOA by 2015
Jan 27, 2006
| Newsinferno News Staff
Although it appeared some progress was being made with respect to the possibility that PFOA would eventually be banned in the United States, there...
EPA moves to ban Teflon ingredient
Jan 26, 2006
| USA Today
In a surprise turn Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency moved to eliminate the production of a suspected carcinogen used in the making of...
Teflon chemical to be altered by 2015
Jan 26, 2006
| UPI
A chemical used to make Teflon will be altered to prevent its release into the environment from finished products or from manufacturing plants.
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DuPont Teflon chemical C8 found in Ohio stream, bottled water
Jan 24, 2006
| www.foodconsumer.org
A stream in Williamstown, Ohio tested positive on Jan. 12 for C8, a DuPont chemical used to make Teflon. DuPont has a plant in Washington, WV, about...
Chemical runoff found in bottled water
Jan 24, 2006
| www.californiaaggie.com
A chemical used to make Teflon, a non-stick coating most commonly used in cookware, was recently found in the bottled water supplied to a small town...
DuPont won't say how C-8 is formed
Dec 18, 2005
| www.delawareonline.com
The Environmental Protection Agency wants to know a lot more about the fate and breakdown of chemicals the DuPont Co. makes or sells for use at its...
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