EPA Calls For Teflon Ban

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EPA Calls For Teflon Ban

Jan 26, 2006

http://mercola.com/blog/2006/jan/26/epa_calls_for_teflon_chemical_ban

 

Considering all the bad news stemming from DuPont's negligent behavior

regarding perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) -- a chemical used to produce

Teflon -- the EPA has asked eight manufacturers to eliminate their

production of that toxic substance by 2015.

 

Sounds like great news, right? DuPont, already under the EPA radar for

numerous environmental violations, has said it will comply. But, here's

the catch: This cutback is completely voluntary, according to the

Environmental Working Group, because the Toxic Substances Control Ban

doesn't give the EPA the authority to enact a ban.

 

Hard to believe a chemical flowing through the bloodstreams of more than

95 percent of Americans and tied to so many common household products

can't be legally banned by a federal agency like the EPA, but it's true.

 

Of course, there are less toxic alternatives, including a similar

chemical made of four carbon atoms instead of the eight found in PFOA,

that don't accumulate in your body under consideration.

 

For the sake of your health and that of your family, you should enact a

Teflon ban in your home on cookware as well as paper products (paper

plates, microwave popcorn bags)

 

More at the Chicago Tribune, LA Times, etc.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0601260066jan26,1,2773150.sto\

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