I love his mothers work.
Another leakgate memo scandal?
The roar you just heard is the lawyers lining up for a huge class action suit that will pale the tobacco settlement.
PTFE and it's derivitavie have been in widespread use for 30 plus years. I would suspect that any health consequences are inconclusive and unfounded in the chemical environment we live in today.
BAd link, the correct one is http://www.stats.org/record.jsp?type=news&ID=528
I guess I will try to stop eating fast food and pizza boxes, microwave popcorn bags, and candy bar wrappers. Those were the best part.
Your link goes to a generic "who we are" page.
Just about all those warnings of food/toy/product hazards are bogus or based on scare evidence. Most of the organizations issuing the "news" are just scams trying to justify their existence to gullible donors.
If their guys were real scientists, they would have jobs at real companies or real institutions.
We're all gonna die!
Link to article??
BAN DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE!
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. Prolonged exposure to its solid form causes severe tissue damage. Symptoms of DHMO ingestion can include excessive sweating and urination, and possibly a bloated feeling, nausea, vomiting and body electrolyte imbalance. For those who have become dependent, DHMO withdrawal means certain death.
Dihydrogen monoxide:
is also known as hydroxl acid, and is the major component of acid rain.
contributes to the "greenhouse effect."
may cause severe burns.
contributes to the erosion of our natural landscape.
accelerates corrosion and rusting of many metals.
may cause electrical failures and decreased effectiveness of automobile brakes.
has been found in excised tumors of terminal cancer patients.
Contamination is reaching epidemic proportions!
Quantities of dihydrogen monoxide have been found in almost every stream, lake, and reservoir in America today. But the pollution is global, and the contaminant has even been found in Antarctic ice. DHMO has caused millions of dollars of property damage in the midwest, and recently California.
Despite the danger, dihydrogen monoxide is often used:
as an industrial solvent and coolant.
in nuclear power plants.
in the production of styrofoam.
as a fire retardant.
in many forms of cruel animal research.
in the distribution of pesticides. Even after washing, produce remains contaminated by this chemical.
as an additive in certain "junk-foods" and other food products.
Companies dump waste DHMO into rivers and the ocean, and nothing can be done to stop them because this practice is still legal. The impact on wildlife is extreme, and we cannot afford to ignore it any longer!
The American government has refused to ban the production, distribution, or use of this damaging chemical due to its "importance to the economic health of this nation." In fact, the navy and other military organizations are conducting experiments with DHMO, and designing multi-billion dollar devices to control and utilize it during warfare situations. Hundreds of military research facilities receive tons of it through a highly sophisticated underground distribution network. Many store large quantities for later use.
I'll tell you what I think. Regardless of whether this thing has teeth, I know that I happen to know numerous individuals who have various illnesses, all classfied as auto-immune disorders - these range from MS to interstitial cystitis to lupus, fibromyalgia, ITP (I can't even remember what this stands for but it's similar to lupus). Why are so many people coming down with these disorders? Also, the common allergies many of us have are classified as AI disorders and these were quite rare even as far back as the early 1900's so what's the scoop? I've read up a bit on this and there doesn't seem to be an easy answer. It makes me wonder though with all these chemicals lining our food, plastics and so on. As a dear toxicologist friend of mine told me years ago, "we don't really know." When they determine how many ppm or ppb are safe for human consumption, it is based on statistical analysis and we all know that no one individual is identical to another. Who can say? Some people die if they eat a peanut.
I love his mothers work.