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OUTED: DuPont covered up the health risks of Teflon

February 07, 2018 -

And when it comes to teflon, the price tag is sure to send you looking for grandma's cast iron skillet. DuPont's toxic legacy has left a trail around the United States -- with some of the most visible harm taking place in the Midwest and along the Mississippi River. The after-effects of teflon production are so profound that a whole region of the country is dubbed "Cancer Alley."

One chemical used to produce teflon, known as "C8," has been linked to six different ...

North Carolina residents want to know if Dupont is secretly polluting their drinking water

June 30, 2017 -

Chemical conglomerate DuPont and its spinoff company Chemours' manufacturing plants are located upstream from Wilmington – on a 2,100-acre property on the Cape Fear River in Fayeteville – where they produce GenX, a potentially cancer-causing chemical that is used to make Teflon.

A three-year study that was co-authored by North Carolina water utility Cape Fear Public Utility Authority calculated just how much GenX was present in Cape Fear's waters. However, the study's conclusions ...

Nonstick chemicals now a dangerous contaminant in water and food

June 29, 2018 -

These same toxins can also be found in water-resistant packaging and stain-resistant carpeting. In other words, items that contain sources of PFAS and PFOA can be found in a majority of homes nationwide. Teflon is perhaps the most infamous source of PFOA.

Using pans coated with Teflon at high heat can cause toxic PFOA to leach into food – but new research has shown that the contamination power of PFCs is far more potent than previously thought. And its potential to linger ...

Can caffeine protect you from Parkinson’s?

March 07, 2018 -

“We are focusing on elucidating fundamental treatments by looking at the function of genes. Recent research findings include the effectiveness of silcarntitne biomarkers and the effectiveness of caffeine biomarkers for diagnosing Parkinson's disease,” said Nobutaka Hattori, lead author of the study and chairman of the department of neurology at Juntendo University.

In a number of experiments, the team tested caffeine levels and 11 associated metabolites in more than 139 ...

Fast food packaging is making unhealthy food even more dangerous due to fluorinated compounds

February 07, 2017 -

A substance called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs or PFCs), is lurking in most commercial packaging. PFASs are a family of chemicals that contain fluorine, and which have unique properties that make materials stick- and stain-resistant. They repel liquids from many different materials, including clothing, carpeting, non-stick cookware (think Teflon™ here), and food packaging. They are pervasive in our society, and can be found in everything from microwave popcorn ...

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Jury finds DuPont guilty of dumping cancer-causing Teflon chemicals into Ohio River that spread across the globe, causing widespread illness and death

PFOA Teflon chemical has poisoned nearly the entire world

Are you being poisoned by your Teflon pan?

DuPont sued multiple times as court-backed science panel finds chemical C8 used in Teflon is linked to cancer

Deadly Teflon chemical - Decades of cover-ups

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Toxic water: Scientists are concerned about the increasing number of dangerous chemicals in our environment

May 20, 2019 -

These dangerous fluorochemicals chemicals, known collectively as PFAS., can be found in a lot of unexpected places. While you might already be aware that you should avoid nonstick coatings on pans, did you know that the same chemicals line your pizza boxes and fast food wrappers to keep grease from soaking through? Are you aware that they are most likely in your water supply, particularly if you live even remotely close to places where firefighting foams have been used? They’re ...

Harmful compounds from GenX, PFOA found in vegetables grown near a Dutch facility, similar to North Carolina

March 27, 2018 -

In a video conference call with the North Carolina Science Advisory Board, a group of Dutch researchers reported finding traces of GenX and its predecessor compound perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in grass and leaves around a chemical plant in the Netherlands.

The Dutch research team checked vegetables like beets, carrots, and lettuce at 10 sites around the Chemours plant in Holland. While only 40 percent tested positive for GenX or PFOA, the vegetables grown closer to the ...

State of Ohio sues DuPont for dumping toxic chemicals in the Ohio River

March 27, 2018 -

Also called C8, PFOA is one of the chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). They are used to make metal plating, computer semiconductors, water-resistant coatings, and fire-fighting foam.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) established that PFOAs are no longer being produced in the U.S. (Related: Exchanging one poison for another: It’s costing the military millions to clean up chemicals from toxic firefighting foam, but the new formula ...

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