"Stroud"  wrote in message
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>
>> >From: "Mike" me{at}privacy.net
>>
>> >>   If you want to know the truth, read the Dupont site.
>> >
>> >That's like saying, "If you want to know what's really going on in
>> >Iraq, ask George W. Bush."
>
>
> EPA Rules Teflon A Potentially Risky Product
>
> The dangers of using products coated with Teflon. Specifically, the toxic
> chemical used to produce it, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA or C-8), has
> been
> appearing in people and animals worldwide.
>
> Wednesday, the EPA ruled low-level exposure to PFOA could pose "a
> potential
> risk of developmental and other adverse effects" on human health. The
> preliminary ruling is significant because it could help to determine if
> the
> Feds will regulate its use.
>
> And the EPA has also fined DuPont some $300 million for failing to report
> its studies of the possible dangers linked to the processing agent. (Next
> month, DuPont will finalize a settlement for upwards of $300 million in a
> class-action lawsuit accusing the company of allowing PFOA to contaminate
> drinking water in Ohio and West Virginia.)
>
> In that same report, the EPA found PFOA could boost people's levels of
> cholesterol and triglycerides, which might increase the likelihood of a
> heart attack or stroke, mirroring the findings of a study DuPont issued
> earlier this week.
>
> Birdman.

Notice the parts of this article you choose to list here? The problem Dupont
got into was in the manufacturing process. So are you trying to warn people
not to feed their birds the chemical waste that comes form a plant that
makes PTFE?
LOL
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