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Are you cooking with Teflon lined pots and pans? 
Recently DuPont agreed to pay more than $100 million to settle a lawsuit that its factory near Parkersburg, W.Va., had polluted local drinking water, with a chemical called perfluorooctanoic acid, (PFOA). This chemical is used in processing Teflon. The EPA has declared that this ingredient, was a "likely carcinogen," or cancer-causing agent. Another example illustrating our toxic environment. There is no policing agency in our country with the resources or clout to really protect us from such influences before they occur. Ideally, BEFORE any of these chemicals were used for consumer products and dumped into the environment they should have been tested and discarded more safely. Often, we don’t find out that these toxins are around us until they have been contaminating the environment for many years. What can we do? Minimally:
Will Environmental Fear Stick to DuPont's Teflon?
Related Articles: Reconsider Teflon - Possible Health Hazards Exposed "EPA Takes Enforcement Action Against DuPont for Toxic Substances Reporting Violations " "EPA Concerned of Chemical Found in Consumer Products, PFOA " Legal News Watch May 15, 2003
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