EPA to review board's findings on potential risks of Teflon Chemical

The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a cautious approach to a scientific panel's conclusion that a chemical used by DuPont Co. to make the nonstick substance Teflon is a likely human carcinogen.

EPA downplayed Teflon

A controversial chemical used by DuPont Co. to make the nonstick substance Teflon poses more of a cancer risk than indicated in a draft assessment by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Teflon in Cancer Risk Spotlight Again

Non-stick cookware material Teflon has once again landed in the spotlight after a US independent review board said they believe a chemical used in making it poses more of a cancer risk than previously indicated.

Chemical Coating 'Likely' causes Cancer

A mysterious chemical linked to the coatings on take-out food cartons and raincoats is "likely" to cause cancer in humans.

What's Causing Cancer

Cancer in Canada is now projected to afflict one in every 2.2 men and one in every 2.6 women in their lifetime. In the 1930s, those numbers were less that one in 10.

Home Toxic Home

Most calls to poison control centers are from acute exposures. A toddler swallows a handful of pills. A man drinks pesticides stored in an old pop bottle.

Grand Jury Probes Chemical used in Teflon

DuPont has received a subpoena seeking information on a chemical used to make Teflon. The subpoena was served by the Environmental Crimes Section of the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice.

Environmentalists call for C-8 Ban under International Treaty

Environmentalists recommended to an international panel last week that the widely used chemical C-8, and 19 other toxins, be included as part of a treaty that bans worldwide use of persistent pollutants.

Well-Water Concerns on Tap

The Lake Elmo resident lives in one of eight households in the Tablyn Park area that must use bottled water after health officials found an unsafe level of a contaminant in their well water.

The Great Experiment

Sometime in late 1997,3M Corp. Medical Director Dr. Larry Zobel learned of a troubling stain on his company's signature product.