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30 Jun 2005 07:56:19 AM |
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OT: Teflon likely to cause cancer |
I always hated teflon. If you want "easy to clean", boil soapy
water in your cast iron pans after you use them. Throw in a
brillo pad as necessary.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=11441
Aluminum leaching from teflon pans has been linked to alzheimer's,
while iron leaching from cast iron pans increases the nutritional
value.
Now what about my titanium camping pan...?
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
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"You won't find any opposition to the idea of evolution among
sophisticated, educated theologians. It comes from an
exceedingly retarded, primitive version of religion, which
unfortunately is at present undergoing an epidemic in the
United States."
- Richard Dawkins
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Teflon likely to cause cancer
Published: Thursday, 30-Jun-2005
In a new report scientists say that a chemical compound used to
make Teflon, possibly causes cancer.
The report, which is still in draft, is written by the scientific
advisory panel of the Environmental Protection Agency, and has
identified perfluorooctanoic acid as a "likely carcinogen".
The EPA has until now classified PFOA as a "suggested" carcinogen,
and this demands fewer health precautions.
This latest information is significant because it will probably
prompt agency officials for the first time to regulate the
processing agent, PFOA.
A major investigation is presently underway by the EPA into how
the compound, which is used to make stain and stick resistant
surfaces and materials for products including Gore-Tex fabrics and
pizza boxes, gets into consumers' blood and if it affects their
health.
The EPA is also demanding millions of dollars in fines from
DuPont, the producers of PFOA, on the grounds that the chemical
giant has neglected for two decades to report possible health and
environmental problems associated with the compound.
The panel's 17 members will discuss the draft assessment on July 6
prior to forwarding it to the agency, but does not draw
conclusions on whether using products made with PFOA, such as
nonstick pans, poses a cancer risk.
However it does say that the fact that animal studies have
identified four different kinds of tumors in both male and female
rats and mice that had been exposed to the compound, is convincing
enough evidence for the majority of its members to believe it to
be a likely carcinogen.
Senior Vice President Richard Wiles, of the Environmental Working
Group, whose advocacy organization has urged the EPA to regulate
the compound, says the panel's findings are "huge", and officials
will now be required to conduct a cancer-risk assessment of PFOA.
Eryn Witcher, an EPA spokeswoman, said she could not comment in
detail on how the panel's report would affect the agency's risk-
assessment process, but EPA administrator Stephen L. Johnson will
take its conclusions into account.
Chemical company DuPont, which last year settled a lawsuit brought
by residents living near its Parkersburg plant for $300 million,
has consistently maintained that it has met all federal reporting
requirements and denies that PFOA poses a serious health threat.
Company spokesman R. Clifton Webb, said DuPont's studies on its
workers do not suggest that there is a connection between the
compound and cancer, and no human health effects are known to be
caused by PFOA, even in workers who have significantly higher
exposure levels than the general population.
The report will be submitted to the agency next month.
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| User: "Glenn Arnold" |
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30 Jun 2005 08:46:55 PM |
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wrote:
I always hated teflon. If you want "easy to clean", boil soapy
water in your cast iron pans after you use them. Throw in a
brillo pad as necessary.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=11441
Even if teflon doesn't cause cancer, it's still nasty when you heat it.
It sublimes, and can condense in your lungs, which causes a condition
called "chemical pneumonia," which your body has no defense against.
There have been cases with fluorinated lubricants, like Krytox and
Fomblin oil, where people had a small amount of the stuff on their
finger when they smoked a cigarette, they inhaled the vapor and got
chemical pneumonia. And pet birds die very easily if you merely heat up
a teflon coated pan, through the same mechanism.
http://tuberose.com/Teflon.html
Glenn Arnold
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| User: "skyeyes" |
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30 Jun 2005 05:47:37 PM |
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wrote:
I always hated teflon. If you want "easy to clean", boil soapy
water in your cast iron pans after you use them. Throw in a
brillo pad as necessary.
Eeeeeek!!!!! Cast iron abuse, cast iron abuse!!!!!
*Never* use soap of any kind on cast iron. When it's new, give it a
thin coat of veggie oil and put it in a hot oven for 25 minutes; this
will "season" it.
Whenever you use your cast iron pan, clean it out with hot water and a
fresh paper towel - and don't be fussy about leaving a slight, thin
film of greast behind! Over time it builds up and pretty soon you have
a pan that has all the anti-stick properties of teflon!
Either that, or take it down to the riverbank (if the river is clean
enough) and scour it out with sand, just like the Pioneers did. Then
rinse it and you're done.
Soap for cast iron, well I *never*! ;->
Brenda Nelson, A.A.#34
EAC Professor of Feline Thermometrics and Cat-Herding
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| User: "Witziges Rätsel" |
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30 Jun 2005 08:48:44 AM |
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I always hated teflon. If you want "easy to clean", boil soapy
water in your cast iron pans after you use them. Throw in a
brillo pad as necessary.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=11441
Aluminum leaching from teflon pans has been linked to alzheimer's,
while iron leaching from cast iron pans increases the nutritional
value.
Now what about my titanium camping pan...?
I love teflon. It tastes like wild hickory nuts.
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| User: "Brian E. Clark" |
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30 Jun 2005 04:44:04 PM |
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In article <1120136179.015863.62790
@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>, said...
I always hated teflon. If you want "easy to clean", boil soapy
water in your cast iron pans after you use them. Throw in a
brillo pad as necessary.
Sacrilege!
Never use soap in cast iron pans, except when you first buy
them. Otherwise you'll remove that wonderful baked-on carbon
finish you've worked so hard to achieve. A well-used, well-
cared-for iron pan cleans up with hot water and a paper towel.
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Brian E. Clark
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| User: "johac" |
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02 Jul 2005 01:21:11 AM |
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In article <1120136179.015863.62790@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com>,
wrote:
I always hated teflon. If you want "easy to clean", boil soapy
water in your cast iron pans after you use them. Throw in a
brillo pad as necessary.
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=11441
Aluminum leaching from teflon pans has been linked to alzheimer's,
while iron leaching from cast iron pans increases the nutritional
value.
Now what about my titanium camping pan...?
Bob Dog
Atheist #153 = 1^3 + 5^3 + 3^3
EAC's chief cook and brainwasher
-----
"You won't find any opposition to the idea of evolution among
sophisticated, educated theologians. It comes from an
exceedingly retarded, primitive version of religion, which
unfortunately is at present undergoing an epidemic in the
United States."
- Richard Dawkins
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Teflon likely to cause cancer
Published: Thursday, 30-Jun-2005
In a new report scientists say that a chemical compound used to
make Teflon, possibly causes cancer.
The report, which is still in draft, is written by the scientific
advisory panel of the Environmental Protection Agency, and has
identified perfluorooctanoic acid as a "likely carcinogen".
The EPA has until now classified PFOA as a "suggested" carcinogen,
and this demands fewer health precautions.
PFOA is a starting material. A good question would be how much residual
PFOA remains in the final product. An analogy is in PVC plastics, where
the starting monomer, vinyl chloride, is also a carcinogen.
http://www.vinylchloride.com/Chemistry.htm
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John Hachmann aa #1782
"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities"
-Voltaire
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