Teflon’s dirty little secret
February 16, 2006
All these year's we've known something so amazing as a nonstick pan was too good to be true. But we just turned our backs to these ugly rumors and fried our eggs-over-easy in ignorance. Well, guess what, teflon's dirty secret is out and the boys at the Environmental Protection Agency wants everyone to know about it: Teflon should be considered a likely carcinogen.
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February 16, 2006 at 5:02 am
ummm. this sucks. can we eat teflon?
February 16, 2006 at 9:07 pm
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/children/articles/2005/07/14/unborn_babies_carry_pollutants_study_finds/
check it out:
Unborn U.S. babies are soaking in a stew of chemicals, including mercury, gasoline byproducts and pesticides, according to a report released on Thursday….They found an average of 287 contaminants in the blood, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and the Teflon chemical PFOA.
yikes!