Facts Omitted by DuPont Team

3-M Corporation used to produce the PFOA (Teflon) components in their Cottage Grove, Minn., plant until 2000 when they elected to get out of the PFOA business.

Water Unsafe in 150 Homes

Lake Elmo households have now been advised by the Minnesota Department of Health to use bottled water for drinking and cooking a figure that has jumped nearly 19 times since the department's first such recommendation.

Red Light PFOA Now

The caution signal went up when the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality took action against DuPont's First Chemical plant in Pascagoula.

3M Agrees to Pay $1.5M in Chemical Case

3M Co. agreed Tuesday to pay a $1.5 million penalty to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 244 violations of the Toxic Substances Control Act for using unsafe chemicals in its products, according to media reports.

Lawsuit Alleges DuPont Contamination of N.J. Drinking Water

Drinking water supplies near a DuPont facility in New Jersey have been contaminated with chemicals, including a suspected carcinogen used in the production of Teflon, according to a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday.

Safety Concerns Adhere to Nonstick Chemicals

Nonstick technology is, demonstrably, everywhere. Its in the process that makes frying pans slippery. Its in the way carpeting and clothing shed stains.

3M Releases findings on PFCs

Tissue of some fish taken from the Mississippi River near 3M Co.'s Cottage Grove plant contains high levels of two controversial industrial chemicals that were once made at the plant and dumped into the river.

Teflon Chemical, once made by 3M, called a

A group of scientific advisers to the Environmental Protection Agency voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a recommendation that a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other nonstick and stain-resistant products should be considered a likely carcinogen.

Non-Stick Chemical may cause Cancer

PFOA is the most common chemical you've never heard of. Until now. Thanks to recent reports about its prevalence in the environment and its potential for causing health problems.

EPA Seeks to Ensure the Elimination of PFOA by 2015

Although it appeared some progress was being made with respect to the possibility that PFOA would eventually be banned in the United States.