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Does danger lurk in your kitchen?
The Daly Report ^ | Kay Daly

Posted on 09/14/2005 1:44:09 PM PDT by WyethSwittenburg

Does danger lurk in your kitchen?

Picture this: a mother is cooking in her kitchen. Are the pots and pans she is cooking in sloooowwwwlllly endangering her family's health? The folks in the scare-mongering biz certainly want you to think so!

Several major media outlets, such as NBC's Today show, have suggested that a chemical compound (PFOA) used to make Teflon and other non-stick coatings may pose a risk to consumers who cook with the Teflon-coated cookware.

Also, two law firms recently filed a $5-billion class-action suit, saying DuPont failed to warn consumers about the “dangers” of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) – a chemical that is supposedly in Teflon.

Teflon products don’t contain PFOA. They’re simply manufactured using PFOA, none of which ends up in the finished product. So the truth of the matter is that your Teflon coated pots and pans are safe.

As usual, though, reporters are confusing the issue – and scaring lots of folks. They’re saying that the “Teflon chemical” might cause cancer, so your cookware may not be safe.

Guess they haven't read the overwhelming number of articles and reports to the contrary:

Ignore Rumors: Teflon Proven to be Safe.” By Henry I. Miller http://www.suntimes.com/output/otherviews/cst-edt-ref29x.html

“Fear of Frying.” By Chris MacLeod http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/08/26/opinion/op-ed/ 13oped26macleod.txt

"Teflon Accusation Doesn't Stick" By Michael Fumento http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk= FUMENTO-07-21-05

“Charges Against Teflon Don’t Stick” by Dr. Elizabeth M. Whelan, Sc.D., M.P.H. http://washtimes.com/functions/print.php?StoryID= 20050706-094902-1771r

“Help Me Manage My Worry.” By Linwood Barclay http://www.thestar.com/ [subscription, archives]

"Cancer Not in the Kitchen." By Chris MacLeod http://www.consumeralert.org/teflon.htm

“Teflon Coated Baloney.” By Charlotte Allen http://www.iwf.org/inkwell/default.asp?archiveID=1466

“Teflon Non-Stick Science.” By Michael D. Shaw http://healthnewsdigest.com/cgi-bin/artman/exec/ view.cgi?archive=12&num=2342


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To: Grannyx4

Static


41 posted on 09/15/2005 5:16:03 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If the dome was the hold of a slave ship. Ray Nagin was the slaver and Bush is Abraham Lincoln)
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To: R. Scott

You're doomed! Doomed, I tell you!


42 posted on 09/15/2005 5:17:36 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If the dome was the hold of a slave ship. Ray Nagin was the slaver and Bush is Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Grannyx4

It doesn't! Teflon coated cookware is cheap crap. We only use iron, stainless steel or glass cookware.


43 posted on 09/15/2005 5:24:49 AM PDT by wolfcreek
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To: Conspiracy Guy

it shows


44 posted on 09/15/2005 5:45:56 AM PDT by dennisw (***)
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To: dennisw

I have a styrofoam wok.


45 posted on 09/15/2005 5:47:22 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (If the dome was the hold of a slave ship. Ray Nagin was the slaver and Bush is Abraham Lincoln)
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To: Ursus arctos horribilis

did you ever hear of a pirate with heart burn ?


46 posted on 09/15/2005 6:06:31 AM PDT by pelosi_is_a_dope
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To: Conspiracy Guy
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47 posted on 09/15/2005 6:14:06 AM PDT by R. Scott (Humanity i love you because when you're hard up you pawn your Intelligence to buy a drink.)
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To: R. Scott

LOL


48 posted on 09/15/2005 6:41:01 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the foutain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
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To: TC Rider

LOL! Great post.


49 posted on 09/15/2005 6:43:51 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Conspiracy Guy
I use carcinogens for marinade

As long as they're NATURAL it's okay!.............

50 posted on 09/15/2005 6:49:18 AM PDT by Red Badger (BLAME = Democrat .......BALM = Republican.........Which would an evacuee choose?......)
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To: Red Badger

Well of course.


51 posted on 09/15/2005 6:55:17 AM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the foutain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
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To: pelosi_is_a_dope

Nada.


52 posted on 09/15/2005 8:49:48 AM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: Conspiracy Guy

I was trying to be funny, but I guess I failed! I don't know if they freep or not. When we were in the Air Force, people would say, "Oh, you're in the AF, do you know Bob?" as if we knew all 180K airmen.

Brad and Sherrill live in Decatur and he works on the space shuttle projects.


53 posted on 09/15/2005 12:59:23 PM PDT by Vor Lady (I'm too young to feel this d*&m old.)
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To: wolfcreek

I guess it depends on which brand one uses. I have arthritis in my wrists so I can't use really heavy pans; they end up on the floor when the wrist goes out. VERY messy! :)


54 posted on 09/15/2005 1:01:40 PM PDT by Vor Lady (I'm too young to feel this d*&m old.)
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To: Grannyx4

I figured that was it. When I was in the AF people would do the same thing.


55 posted on 09/15/2005 2:21:51 PM PDT by Conspiracy Guy (Ponce de Leon is coming here to look for the fountain of dumb. DC is his first stop.)
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