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Ain't progress (and no-stick pans) wonderful???
Ain't progress (and no-stick pans) wonderful???
So I should quit smoking, right???
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Harmful Teflon Chemical To Be Eliminated by 2015
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 26, 2006; Page A01
Eight U.S. companies, including giant DuPont Co., agreed yesterday to virtually eliminate a harmful chemical used to make Teflon from all consumer products coated with the ubiquitous nonstick material.
Although the chemical would still be used to manufacture Teflon and similar products, processes will be developed to ensure that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) would not be released into the environment from finished products or manufacturing plants.
PFOA -- a key processing agent in making nonstick and stain-resistant materials -- has been linked to cancer and birth defects in animals and is in the blood of 95 percent of Americans, including pregnant women. It has also been found in the blood of marine organisms and Arctic polar bears.
The voluntary pact, which was crafted by the Environmental Protection Agency, will force companies to reduce manufacturing emissions of PFOA by 95 percent by no later than 2010. They will also have to reduce trace amounts of the compound in consumer products by 95 percent during the same period and virtually eliminate them by 2015.
The agreement will dramatically reduce the extent to which PFOA shows up in a wide variety of everyday products, including pizza boxes, nonstick pans and microwave-popcorn bags.
While not as sweeping as the federal ban on DDT in 1972, yesterday's agreement is expected to have profound implications for public health and the environment. An independent federal scientific advisory board is expected to recommend soon whether the government should classify the chemical as a "likely" or "probable" carcinogen in humans, which could trigger a new set of federal regulations.
"The science is still coming in on PFOA, but the concern is there," said Susan B. Hazen, acting assistant administrator of EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. "This is the right thing to do for our health and our environment."
The move, which came just a month after DuPont reached a $16.5 million settlement with EPA over the company's failure to report possible health risks associated with PFOA, drew applause from environmental groups that have frequently criticized both the administration and DuPont.
"This is one of those days when the Environmental Protection Agency is at its best. With its announcement today, the EPA is challenging an entire industry to err on the side of precaution and public safety, and invent new ways of doing business," said Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization. "As harshly as we have singled out DuPont for criticism for its past handling of PFOA pollution, today we want to single out and commend the company and acknowledge its leadership going forward."
DuPont officials said they were confident they could alter manufacturing methods over the coming decade to contain PFOA exposure from products that generated $1 billion in sales for the company in 2004.
"It's important to do this because this is a persistent material in the environment, and it's at low levels in people's blood," said David Boothe, DuPont's global business director. To remove PFOA, he said, the company will subject some of its products to extra heat and will sometimes add a step in the manufacturing process. "We're going to push it really hard and take it as far as we can."
Scientific studies have not established a link between using products containing trace amounts of PFOA, such as microwave-popcorn bags or nonstick pans, and elevated cancer levels. Hazen said yesterday's announcement should "not indicate any concern . . . for consumers using household products" with such coatings.
Several other companies agreed yesterday to reduce public exposure to the chemical, including 3M Co., Ciba and Clariant Corp. But DuPont, which settled a class-action suit last year accusing it of contaminating drinking water in Ohio and West Virginia communities near its plant in Parkersburg, W.Va., has attracted the most public scrutiny over its PFOA use.
William Bailey III, who was born in 1981 with multiple birth defects while his mother, Sue, was working with the chemical at the Parkersburg plant, said he will "be watching" to see if the chemical giant complies with the new agreement.
"They're trying to save face," said Bailey, who is suing DuPont over his birth defects.
Harmful Teflon Chemical To Be Eliminated by 2015
By Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, January 26, 2006; Page A01
Eight U.S. companies, including giant DuPont Co., agreed yesterday to virtually eliminate a harmful chemical used to make Teflon from all consumer products coated with the ubiquitous nonstick material.
Although the chemical would still be used to manufacture Teflon and similar products, processes will be developed to ensure that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) would not be released into the environment from finished products or manufacturing plants.
PFOA -- a key processing agent in making nonstick and stain-resistant materials -- has been linked to cancer and birth defects in animals and is in the blood of 95 percent of Americans, including pregnant women. It has also been found in the blood of marine organisms and Arctic polar bears.
The voluntary pact, which was crafted by the Environmental Protection Agency, will force companies to reduce manufacturing emissions of PFOA by 95 percent by no later than 2010. They will also have to reduce trace amounts of the compound in consumer products by 95 percent during the same period and virtually eliminate them by 2015.
The agreement will dramatically reduce the extent to which PFOA shows up in a wide variety of everyday products, including pizza boxes, nonstick pans and microwave-popcorn bags.
While not as sweeping as the federal ban on DDT in 1972, yesterday's agreement is expected to have profound implications for public health and the environment. An independent federal scientific advisory board is expected to recommend soon whether the government should classify the chemical as a "likely" or "probable" carcinogen in humans, which could trigger a new set of federal regulations.
"The science is still coming in on PFOA, but the concern is there," said Susan B. Hazen, acting assistant administrator of EPA's Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances. "This is the right thing to do for our health and our environment."
The move, which came just a month after DuPont reached a $16.5 million settlement with EPA over the company's failure to report possible health risks associated with PFOA, drew applause from environmental groups that have frequently criticized both the administration and DuPont.
"This is one of those days when the Environmental Protection Agency is at its best. With its announcement today, the EPA is challenging an entire industry to err on the side of precaution and public safety, and invent new ways of doing business," said Ken Cook, president of the Environmental Working Group, an advocacy organization. "As harshly as we have singled out DuPont for criticism for its past handling of PFOA pollution, today we want to single out and commend the company and acknowledge its leadership going forward."
DuPont officials said they were confident they could alter manufacturing methods over the coming decade to contain PFOA exposure from products that generated $1 billion in sales for the company in 2004.
"It's important to do this because this is a persistent material in the environment, and it's at low levels in people's blood," said David Boothe, DuPont's global business director. To remove PFOA, he said, the company will subject some of its products to extra heat and will sometimes add a step in the manufacturing process. "We're going to push it really hard and take it as far as we can."
Scientific studies have not established a link between using products containing trace amounts of PFOA, such as microwave-popcorn bags or nonstick pans, and elevated cancer levels. Hazen said yesterday's announcement should "not indicate any concern . . . for consumers using household products" with such coatings.
Several other companies agreed yesterday to reduce public exposure to the chemical, including 3M Co., Ciba and Clariant Corp. But DuPont, which settled a class-action suit last year accusing it of contaminating drinking water in Ohio and West Virginia communities near its plant in Parkersburg, W.Va., has attracted the most public scrutiny over its PFOA use.
William Bailey III, who was born in 1981 with multiple birth defects while his mother, Sue, was working with the chemical at the Parkersburg plant, said he will "be watching" to see if the chemical giant complies with the new agreement.
"They're trying to save face," said Bailey, who is suing DuPont over his birth defects.
Sparky-Watts
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Ok...my dad ate fried eggs and other good home-cooked stuff off of teflon pans and died of cancer....will DuPont settle my lawsuit because of this? Add teflon to the long list of carcinogens that dad was in contact with throughout his life including smoking for "about 6 years as a teenager", farm chemicals in the 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's, a heavy dose of high radiation working as a TA at K-State in Manhattan in the 60's, various chemicals associated with his training in the National Guard in the 60's, various chemicals he was exposed to as a chemistry and biology teacher for 20+ years, and various assorted foods that have been scuttled about as a cause for cancer.
"Scientists have recently determined that laboratory rats can cause cancer in humans."--unknown
As a biology teacher, dad was in contact with lab rats quite often, also......
Ok, I'm suing every manufacturer of every dangerous item my father ever came into contact with, and I'm going to use the money from my lawsuits to buy every member of the Z a new Jeep.
"Scientists have recently determined that laboratory rats can cause cancer in humans."--unknown
As a biology teacher, dad was in contact with lab rats quite often, also......
Ok, I'm suing every manufacturer of every dangerous item my father ever came into contact with, and I'm going to use the money from my lawsuits to buy every member of the Z a new Jeep.
Sparky-Watts
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TwistedCopper said:
Oooh, way to live on the edge man!!!
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Sparky-Watts
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Oh, yeah....I guess this means I shouldn't use teflon coated bullets on my "to do " list, huh?
Utah_jeepster
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Ummm Sparky when you win all of those law suits.. I want my new Rubi-unlimited in black please...
And no I wont be holding my hand over my arse waiting.
And no I wont be holding my hand over my arse waiting.
antsinmypants
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From what i understand that means that the products like the frying pan are ok its the perfluorooctanoic acid that is causeing the defects which is not the teflon its self... maybe i read worng.. but i dunno.. this is why i dont read much. cause i get confussed and missread things
jeepguy46176
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I work in a machine shop and most everything we do is plastic. I love when i get a teflon job. It cuts like butter and is very easy to work with but i didnt know i would get cancer. That on top of smoking i will be lucky to make it to 40 . lol
Sparky-Watts
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LBR said:Don't forget to leave enough to cover my $500.00 check in 2050....LBR
Okey dokey!!:lol:
Utah_jeepster
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LBR said:Don't forget to leave enough to cover my $500.00 check in 2050
:crazy:I would hit him up just after he wins the first case LBR, Sparky is real good at forgetting monies owed and is notoriously known as a slow pay.:crazy:
OutOfStep
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The teflon in your pan is fairly persistant in its current polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) form and not the million dollar issue. It's the perfluorooctanyl sulfonate (PFOS) cloud that rises out of your 10 year old lazy boy every time you flop down in it after a long day, and the PFOS in your carpet that kicks up every time you vacuum that is the real deal.
Then once we get done with that issue we can focus on the nanofibers in your dockers that are possibly giving you lung cancer...
Its a brave new world :lol:
Then once we get done with that issue we can focus on the nanofibers in your dockers that are possibly giving you lung cancer...
Its a brave new world :lol:
Sparky-Watts
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Utah_jeepster said:
Who gave you a copy of my credit report?!?:shock:
currupt4130
VT Hokie
sparky ill just take set of mog portals, some 39" red label crawlers, lots of tubing, a bender, a drill press, and a 220 miller mig. and if you want to, you can get me a 502 crate engine and transmission and atlas to match. i wont ask for a whole jeep
Utah_jeepster
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Sparky-Watts said:
I traced your credit report from the picture of you I saw in the post office...why?:shock:
Sparky-Watts
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Utah_jeepster said:
Well, that's one of my better photos. They got my good side, and I'd just had my lips re-collagened.8) :lol:
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