2004-08-12
ENVIRONMENT
Teflon, it seems ~ sticks | The [USA] Environmental Protection Agency last month charged that Dupont has been concealing evidence about some chemicals used in the production of the ubiquitous plastic surfacing product |
The chemical in question, perflourooctanoic acid [aka PFOA or C-8]has been showing up in samples of human blood as well as public water supplies | Tested in rats, in a study done in India, and published by the National Library of Medicine, researchers found that "From the present data, it is concluded that PFOA is a true liver cancer promoter that may not require extensive initial DNA damage for its promoting activity..."
So where does this put Dupont? | In a quandry, to say the least | Long riding smooth on a fairly positive environmental record [considering what the company markets in ~ chemicals] documents released in an Freedom of Information [FOI] request indicate that Dupont compnay attorneys, back in at least the year 2000, were fussing over whether to just settle with local communities rather than get involved in litigation against them | Apparently, Dupont knew as far back as 1984 that PFOA was tracable | At any rate, one lawsuit is alread in the works, in Ohio,
where Teflon is produced, and in China, [a huge potential market] they've seen Teflon coated products taken off the shelves |
And where does that leave me? | In a quandry as well | I've long believed people should make informed decisions about what they include in their daily living habits | And people are just too damned casual about not making logical connects between what they do and how it affects them | Certainly, Dupont has some culpability, especially insofar as to what and for how long they knew about any unwanted negative effects from their products [and in the making of them]
So too, the consumers have some responsibility as well | After all, let's be real here folks, you wouldn't eat plastic normally | Yo've got to realize that the stuff scraped off the fry pan has to be going somewhere! Me? I cook with a cast iron skillet, never did like the coated aluminum stuff | They last a long time, sure they may rust, but I'm already anemic, so a little iron won't hurt me |
Go after Dupont if you need to... if tracable birth defects, or clearly attributed cognitive defects, can be found, for instance | But don't be going after 'em if your suddenly feel so traumatized that only a fat cash settlement with cure you | That's fraud, too |
Teflon, it seems ~ sticks | The [USA] Environmental Protection Agency last month charged that Dupont has been concealing evidence about some chemicals used in the production of the ubiquitous plastic surfacing product |
The chemical in question, perflourooctanoic acid [aka PFOA or C-8]has been showing up in samples of human blood as well as public water supplies | Tested in rats, in a study done in India, and published by the National Library of Medicine, researchers found that "From the present data, it is concluded that PFOA is a true liver cancer promoter that may not require extensive initial DNA damage for its promoting activity..."
So where does this put Dupont? | In a quandry, to say the least | Long riding smooth on a fairly positive environmental record [considering what the company markets in ~ chemicals] documents released in an Freedom of Information [FOI] request indicate that Dupont compnay attorneys, back in at least the year 2000, were fussing over whether to just settle with local communities rather than get involved in litigation against them | Apparently, Dupont knew as far back as 1984 that PFOA was tracable | At any rate, one lawsuit is alread in the works, in Ohio,
where Teflon is produced, and in China, [a huge potential market] they've seen Teflon coated products taken off the shelves |
And where does that leave me? | In a quandry as well | I've long believed people should make informed decisions about what they include in their daily living habits | And people are just too damned casual about not making logical connects between what they do and how it affects them | Certainly, Dupont has some culpability, especially insofar as to what and for how long they knew about any unwanted negative effects from their products [and in the making of them]
So too, the consumers have some responsibility as well | After all, let's be real here folks, you wouldn't eat plastic normally | Yo've got to realize that the stuff scraped off the fry pan has to be going somewhere! Me? I cook with a cast iron skillet, never did like the coated aluminum stuff | They last a long time, sure they may rust, but I'm already anemic, so a little iron won't hurt me |
Go after Dupont if you need to... if tracable birth defects, or clearly attributed cognitive defects, can be found, for instance | But don't be going after 'em if your suddenly feel so traumatized that only a fat cash settlement with cure you | That's fraud, too |
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