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Deadly Teflon chemical - Decades of cover-ups


(NaturalNews) It's in your cookware, your clothing, furniture, carpets,
popcorn bags and even in your food! It's perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)
and it remains indefinitely in the environment and even gets stuck in
your body. PFOA is a toxicant and known carcinogen that has been
detected in the blood of more than 98% of the US population. Exposure to
this chemical has been associated with increased cholesterol, uric acid
levels, preeclampsia, heart disease, liver damage, thyroid trouble,
neurological disorders, chronic kidney disease and kidney cancer.

High
levels of exposure to the Teflon (a DuPont registered trademark)
chemical PFOA causes the risk of testicular cancer to skyrocket by 170
percent.


DuPont's plant on the Ohio River has used PFOA since
the 1950s to make chemicals used in the production of nonstick
products, oil-resistant paper packaging like hamburger wrappers, and
stain-resistant textiles. PFOA is pretty much in anything wrinkle-free,
heat-proof, stain-resistant, and more.

Children downstream from a
DuPont chemical plant on the Ohio River carry PFOA in their blood
prompting one of the first studies of its effects on kids. Out of more
than 10,000 kids ages 1 to 17, those with the highest levels were more
likely to have thyroid disease. Of course, these results only support
previous findings from studies with adults.

Thyroid hormones play
critical roles in metabolism, growth and brain development. These
hormones are especially important during fetal development and early
childhood with small changes in thyroid hormone levels during these
developmental periods affecting IQ and motor skill development in
children.

DuPont fined for Teflon cover-up

In June 2005
there was a $5 billion class-action lawsuit filed against Dupont for
failing to alert the public about over 20 years of known health problems
associated with PFOAs. The Environmental Protection Agency later announced it would slap the $25 billion Teflon
maker with a mere $16.5 million for two decades' worth of covering up
studies that showed it was polluting drinking water and harming newborn
babies with an indestructible chemical. The fine was the largest
administrative fine the EPA had ever levied under a flimsy toxic chemical
law and the fine was less than half of one percent of DuPont's profits
from Teflon at the time and a mere fraction of the $313 million the
agency could have imposed.

The Environmental Working Group
(EWG.org), said the penalty highlighted the federal government's weak
hand in dealing with industrial polluters. "What's the appropriate fine
for a $25 billion company that for decades hid vital health information
about a toxic chemical that now contaminates every man, woman and child
in the United States?" Group president and co-founder Ken Cook said.
"We're pretty sure it's not $16 million, even if that is a record amount
under a federal law that everyone acknowledges is extremely weak."

Of course DuPont
acknowledges no liability for failure to report its 1981 discovery that
a compound used to make Teflon had contaminated the placenta and
bloodstream of a West Virginia worker's unborn child. Other complaints
allege that DuPont withheld information for years about unexpected
contamination in the blood of workers, and pollution releases that
eventually contaminated water supplies serving thousands in West
Virginia and Ohio. DuPont's official position is that they believe there
are no human health effects associated with their Teflon product.

Cash is king

DuPont
is one of the largest chemical companies in the world. Between 2008 and
2010, it reported over $2 billion in profits, paid no federal income
taxes, increased its executive compensations by a whopping 188% and
spent almost $14 million on lobbying for more corporate friendly laws.
DuPont is the nation's only manufacturer of PFOA. So why is it so
difficult to stop this madness? Because Americans still buy their
products and cash is king.

Source:-
http://www.naturalnews.com/036887_Teflon_PFOA_non-stick_cookware.html
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