DuPont Still Hiding Teflon Hazard Study

Nearly two months after DuPont claimed to have evidence that a chemical it uses in the Teflon-manufacturing process is safe for workers, the chemical giant still refuses to release its full findings to the public. Now unions have joined in pressuring DuPont to release the study and other information on the health effects of PFOA, a chemical used to make Teflon. Full Story »

Posted by Jake Johansen
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Subjects: World, Sci/Tech, Health
Topics: Pollution, Cancer
Member Tags: pfoa, dupont, teflon, USW, steelworkers, nlrb, safety
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Posted by: Posted by Jake Johansen - Dec 13, 2006 - 7:02 PM PST
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Jake Johansen
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by Jake Johansen - Oct. 1, 2008

This reporter has been bending over backwards to get DuPont to back up its claim that PFOA is harmless. A great example of dogged reporting.

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by Terri Adams - Oct. 1, 2008

This story doesn't really tell you anything except that Dupont won't tell anybody anything.

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