igotthisguitar
Joined: 08 Apr 2003
Location: South Korea (Permanent Vacation)
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 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2006 12:05 am Post subject: Health & "Well" Being |
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A similar thread was started a while back in support of opening up a NEW forum feature.
Can't recall exactly what the poster was proposing, but ...
This theme, "HEALTH & WELL-BEING" has been on my mind for some time.
What d'yall think? Yeah or nay?
igtg.
Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogen
Panel: Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogen
By RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press Writer
Mon Jan 30, 8:47 PM ET
DOVER, Del. - A chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other nonstick and stain-resistant products should be considered a "likely" carcinogen, according to an independent scientific review panel advising the Environmental Protection Agency.
The recommendation included in the panel's final draft report is consistent with its preliminary finding, which went beyond the EPA's own determination that there was only "suggestive evidence" from animal studies that perfluorooctanoic acid and its salts are potential human carcinogens.
"The predominant panel view was that the descriptor 'likely to be carcinogenic' was more consistent with currently available data, while a few panel members reached the conclusion that the current evidence fails to exceed the descriptor 'suggestive,' of carcinogenicity," the panel said in a draft report released Monday.
Officials with Wilmington, Del.-based DuPont Co., the sole North American producer of PFOA, took issue with the panel's conclusions.
"We disagree with the panel's recommendation on the cancer classification, and we continue to support the EPA's draft risk assessment," said Robert Rickard, director of health and environmental sciences for DuPont.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/epa_teflon;_ylt=AgarrfY..l7WdYu5zk0n39Jhr7sF;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl |
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