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Teflon
DuPont to Pay $16.5 Million to Settle EPA Allegations Involving 20-Year PFOA Cover-up
Dec 15, 2005
| www.Newsinferno.com
In the largest settlement involving a civil administrative penalty under any federal environmental statute in agency history, the Environmental...
DuPont Settles Charges That It Hid Toxic Risk Data
Dec 15, 2005
| Los Angeles Times
Chemical giant DuPont Co. will pay the largest administrative fine in the history of the Environmental Protection Agency to settle charges that it...
DuPont Fined More Than $10M Over Teflon
Dec 13, 2005
| AP
DuPont Co. has agreed to pay $10.25 million in fines and $6.25 million for environmental projects to settle allegations by the Environmental...
DuPont Settles With EPA Over Teflon Chemical
Nov 29, 2005
| AP
Federal regulators have reached an agreement with DuPont (DD) to settle allegations the company hid information about the dangers of a toxic chemical...
Whistleblower Questions Teflon's Safety
Nov 18, 2005
| ABC News
To prevent grease stains on fast food and pizza boxes, microwave popcorn bags, candy bar wrappers and hundreds of other food items, the paper is...
Major Study Warns People to Avoid Drinking Water Tainted with Teflon-Related Chemical
Aug 22, 2005
| www.Newsinferno.com
The lead researcher in a major government-funded study, Dr. Edward Emmett, a University of Pennsylvania scientist, has advised Ohio Valley residents...
Safety of Nonstick Cookware Unresolved
Aug 17, 2005
| Charlotte Observer
After more than two years of study by the federal government, questions concerning the safety of nonstick cookware remain unresolved.Consumers should...
DuPont Far From Being Out of the Frying Pan with Respect to Its Teflon-Related Problems
Jul 25, 2005
| www.newsinferno.com
Teflon has become so accepted as an everyday product that the word itself has become an adjective. Like “Scotch” tape (instead of...
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) INDEPENDENT REVIEW BOARD SEES CANCER RISK ASSOCIATED WITH TEFLON MANUFACTURING CHEMICAL AS BEING MORE SERIOUS THAN INDICATED IN EARLIER EPA REPORT
Jun 29, 2005
| www.Newsinferno.com
Earlier this year, the EPA released a draft assessment of a chemical used in the production of Teflon which, based on animal studies, found...
Teflon Controversy Heating Up
May 23, 2005
| www.Newsinferno.com
For the past two years, there has been a growing concern over the safety of the manmade chemical known as C-8 or PFOA (perfluorooctanoic acid) which...
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