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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2 Responses to “Teflon’s dirty little secret”

  1. m Says:

    ummm. this sucks. can we eat teflon?

  2. Tiiu Says:

    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!


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