tenplay wrote:

> Yesterday's news reported that the EPA is pressing the investigation of
> Teflon by Dupont as a cancer-causing and genetically altering chemical.
> For the EPA to investigate anything, it has to be very dangerous. I
> have sworn off the cheap non-stick pans and am learning how to use the
> old cast iron skillets because they are safer. I would advise you to do
> the same.

No, the EPA is *not* investigating Teflon as a "cancer-causing and
genetically altering chemical." From cbsnews.com:


"The Environmental Protection Agency issued a draft assessment of the
potential risks of perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts, known as PFOA, or
C-8. The report, based on animal studies, says some evidence exists that
PFOA is carcinogenic in rats, but the cancer hazard for people is less
certain."

"While PFOA is used to make Teflon, it is not present in Teflon itself,
which is applied to cookware, clothing, car parts and flooring."


The investigation is centered around the possible groundwater contamination
of the area surrounding factories which manufacture Teflon. There is nothing
wrong with Teflon itself; the concern is for factory workers and residents
in the factories' neighborhoods who might have been exposed to PFOA.

Amazing the things you learn when you bother to READ the article rather than
just jerk your knee. I suppose you've already thrown your Teflon pans away,
haven't you?

By the way, what makes you think that the cooked-on grease seasoning of cast
iron pans is safe? Hasn't burnt toast been shown to be carcinogenic?

Bob