Is there an Extra Ingredient in Nonstick Pans

The question of whether Teflon cookware is safe has moved from Web site chatter to the courtroom. But more than nonstick frying pans are under scrutiny these days.

Toxic Elements Found in Infants' Cord Blood

In a benchmark study, researchers found an average of 200 industrial compounds, pollutants and other chemicals in the umbilical cord blood of newborns, including seven dangerous pesticides some banned in the United States more than 30 years ago.

EPA Science Advisers reconsider Labeling C-8 likely Carcinogen

Members of EPA's Science Advisory Board are wavering on an earlier draft recommendation that the agency elevate the risk ranking of the chemical C-8 which is widely used in making consumer products, to a "likely" human carcinogen.

DuPont Agrees on Payback for Pollution Claims

E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Co. settled one of the largest pollution liabilities in the state, resolving tens of millions of dollars in potential fines by promising to plant 3,000 trees, pay $500,000 and help preserve 1,875 acres of land.

DuPont Proposed dropped '81 study of C8, Birth Defects

More than 20 years ago, the DuPont Co. found similar birth defects in two of eight children born to women who worked at the company's Parkersburg chemical plant.

DuPont: Reports on C8 worries Little Hocking Customers

Court records uncovered DuPont regularly reviewed and edited West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection media releases concerning C8, which has area residents concerned about what else the company might be trying to keep from the pubic.

Review board members differ on Potential Risks of Teflon Chemical

Members of a federal scientific review board agreed to revise their draft report on the potential risks of a chemical used by DuPont Co. to make Teflon in order to better reflect opposing viewpoints among themselves.

C8 likely a Human Carcinogen

A chemical that's been linked to water contamination in southeast Ohio could be linked to an even bigger problem.

Lethal Chemicals stored near Largest Population Centers

Experts call it one of the worst-case scenarios in a terror attack: a cloud of lung-melting gas or a toxic fireball ripping though a U.S. city. Potential casualties: 1 million or more.

EPA Panel: PFOA likely to Cause Cancer

An Environmental Protection Agency scientific panel is suggesting that a chemical used to make fluoropolymers poses a greater cancer risk than previously thought.