Teflon pans have revolutionized cooking with their non-stick surfaces, making meal preparation easier and cleanup a breeze. However, concerns about per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often called “forever chemicals,” have raised questions about their safety. This article explores the historical issues with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), ongoing debates around PFAS in modern non-stick coatings, overheating risks, […]
‘Dark Waters’ Movie | The Misery Of Science
DARK WATERS tells the shocking and heroic story of an attorney (Mark Ruffalo) who risks his career and family to uncover a dark secret hidden by one of the world’s largest corporations and to bring justice to a community dangerously exposed for decades to deadly chemicals. The Plot Robert Bilott is a corporate defense lawyer from Cincinnati, […]
Removing Chemical Used To Make Teflon-Like Coatings Has Led To Fewer Low Birth Weights And Less Brain Damage
Government and industry efforts since 2003 to phase out chemicals used to make non-stick coatings, such as Teflon, have prevented more than 118,000 low-weight births and related brain damage in the United States. This is the main finding of a new report — based on analysis of new mothers’ blood samples gathered for a national […]
Popular Brands Of Dental Floss Are Made From Nylon Coated With Teflon
Not many people know that popular brands of floss are made from nylon coated with synthetic, petroleum-based wax such as toxic Teflon, a highly toxic synthetic chemical that creates a soap-like slipperiness and non-stick finish called perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), another ingredient that also provides the coating in non-stick cookware. Modern day dental […]
Teflon And Non-Stick Cookware Dangers
A chemical used to make Teflon somehow got into the blood of everybody on earth. How did it get there? What does this mean for our health? Teflon is used everywhere. Odds are it’s touching you right now, if you are near any carpet covered with Stainmaster, are wearing any Gore-Tex, or are eating from […]