The company’s response was to move female employees to other sections of the plant in an effort to reduce their exposure to PFOA’s. DuPont, slapped with approximately 300 million dollars in fines, has agreed to pay a 108 million dollar lawsuit brought about by residents near one of its company plants as elevated levels of PFOA’s have been found in surrounding drinking water supplies.Īccording to risk assessments by the EPA, PFOA’s present significant developmental and reproductive risks in humans with the use of Teflon:Īn increased rate of birth defects has been found in mothers working at DuPont. Teflon pans made prior to 2013 may contain Peflourooanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical used to produce Teflon, that has been appearing in blood samples of people world wide. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) asserts that DuPont has purposely withheld health hazardous information regarding Teflon since the early 1980’s. Like many scientific breakthroughs, Teflon was accidentally discovered over 70 years ago by a scientist employed by DuPont. One would be hard pressed to find any kitchen that did not have at least one Teflon coated piece of cookware. Even the worst of kitchen disasters cleans up in a jiffy when cooking on Teflon.
Teflon has literally revolutionized the manufacture of cookware. With good reason – this handy non-stick coating is simply a dream. Since its debut, Teflon coated cookware has increased in popularity in kitchens worldwide.
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