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Major Study of Teflon Chemical in People Suggests Harm To Immune System, Liver, Thyroid
A chemical used to make Teflon, food wrappers and dozens of other products may harm the immune system, liver and thyroid and cause higher cholesterol in children, according to the initial findings of...
BPA Levels in Canned Infant Formula Poses Higher Risk Than Baby Bottles
Many new parents are aware that the toxic chemical Bisphenol-A (BPA) leaches from plastic baby bottles found on the shelves of stores across America. But a new investigation by EWG reveals that BPA is...
EPA Science Panel Says Teflon Chemical 'Likely' Cause of Cancer
Today, a panel of outside experts gave draft comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) saying that an indestructible, toxic chemical that pollutes nearly every American's blood is a...
EPA Fines Teflon Maker DuPont for Chemical Cover-Up
Today the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will fine Teflon maker DuPont $16.5 million for two decades' worth of covering up company studies that showed it was polluting drinking...
Former DuPont Top Expert: Company Knew, Covered Up Pollution of Americans' Blood for 18 Years
Breakdown chemicals from DuPont coatings and related sources are now in the blood of 95 percent of Americans, and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has spent the last several years trying to...
Independent Science Panel to EPA: Teflon Chemical is 'Likely' Human Carcinogen
A panel comprised mostly of independent scientists advising the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found today that DuPont's Teflon chemical, PFOA, is a "likely human carcinogen."
EPA, DuPont Settle and Delay Court Case Over Human Pollution
The penalty DuPont will reportedly pay for covering up its pollution of newborn American babies with the cancer-causing Teflon chemical will likely be $15 million. This sum amounts to just 8 percent...
EPA Tilts Risk Document on Teflon Chemical in DuPont's Favor
EWG today criticized the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) draft risk assessment on the toxic Teflon chemical, PFOA, as a post-election tilt toward DuPont. The Agency ignored its own science panel...
EPA Moves to Break Industry Logjam on Teflon Chemical Studies
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today put back on track its review of a chemical used to make Teflon cookware. The chemical, known as C-8 or PFOA, is found in virtually all Americans' blood...
Fast Food Companies Asked to Disclose Use of Toxic Chemicals in Food Packaging
EWG asks the CEOs of nine major fast food corporations to disclose the use of toxic nonstick chemicals in their packaging.
Showdown for DuPont: EPA Starts Review of Teflon Chemical Now in Human Blood
EWG testifies at a EPA public meeting on teflon contamination, and charges DuPont repeatedly downplayed questions of the Teflon chemical's toxicity.
EWG TSCA 8(e) Petition: EPA probes DuPont birth defect study
EWG alleged today that the DuPont chemical company has violated federal law by withholding from the government for the last 22 years a company study that detected a toxic, Teflon-related chemical in...