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4.19.06 Iowa Lawsuit To Test Teflon
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4.11.06 Group Challenges Soft-Drink Contents
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4.6.06 Congressional Inquiry
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3.28.06 Food scares
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3.22.06 Diet Detective
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3.3.06 FDA finds benzene in soft drinks
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3.2.06 Cancer chemical found in soft drinks
3.2.06 Soft drinks found to have high levels of cancer chemical
3.2.06 Cancer in a can?
3.1.06 Cancer chemical found in drinks
3.1.06 UK food watchdog assessing benzene in soft drinks
3.1.06 Health: Soda Concerns Follow-Up
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2.28.06 Health: Potential Soft Drink Danger
2.28.06 Nonstick pans caught up in a sticky controversy
2.27.06 Scientist issues PFC report
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2.24.06 Soda Health Concerns
2.22.06 Too Hot to Handle?
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2.22.06 The Weinberg proposal
2.22.06 Groups seek warning Prop. 65 label for non-stick products
2.16.06 Panel links 3M chemical to cancer
2.16.06 Board: Teflon Chemical a Likely Carcinogen
2.14.06 Safety Concerns May Stick to Teflon
2.12.06 Chemical fear sticks to more than just Teflon
2.9.06 Teflon issue
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2.4.06 Del. plant releases C8-type chemicals
2.3.06 Nonstick chemicals raise sticky questions
2.2.06 Cancer-threat chemical can be controlled, researcher says
2.1.06 Science that sticks: Chemist's work behind U.S. decision to ban chemical
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1.31.06 Review panel: Teflon chemical a likely carcinogen
1.27.06 DuPont plant will work to contain chemical
1.27.06 EPA can end the back-and-forth of this region
1.27.06 EPA Urges Teflon Chemical Ban
1.27.06 Teflon under fire for toxicity
1.27.06 PFOA
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1.26.06 DuPont to Try to Reduce Chemical in Teflon
1.26.06 A Closer Look: Teflon Safety
1.26.06 US asks co's to slash output of Teflon compound
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1.26.06 DuPont to phase out Teflon byproduct
1.26.06 Teflon Dangers?
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1.26.06 EPA Warning on Teflon Agreement
1.26.06 Teflon Dangers?
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1.26.06 Harmful Teflon Chemical To Be Eliminated by 2015
1.26.06 First on CNBC: Investigating Teflon
1.26.06 EPA Calls for End to Releases of Chemical in Teflon Process
1.26.06 The End of Teflon
1.26.06 Medical Report on Teflon
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1.26.06 C8 levels to drop under voluntary EPA program
1.26.06 Teflon chemical on EPA hit list
1.26.06 Teflon Worries
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1.25.06 DuPont Agrees to Reduce Use of Teflon Chemical
1.25.06 EPA acts to curtail potential carcinogen
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1.25.06 Government moves to curb use of chemical in Teflon
1.18.06 North Carolina residents petition for expanded C8 investigation
1.18.06 EPA urged to monitor DuPont N.C. Plant
1.13.06 DuPont Teflon chemical C8 found in Ohio stream, bottled water
1.10.06 Could Teflon Be Harming Your Health?
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1.2.06 Public needs to know about health hazards
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12.15.05 DuPont settles EPA case on Teflon chemical
12.15.05 DuPont to pay record fine in Teflon settlement
12.15.05 DuPont Settles Charges That It Hid Toxic Risk Data
12.15.05 DuPont agrees to $10M fine in C8 case
12.15.05 DuPont to Pay $16.5 Million for Unreported Risks
12.15.05 DuPont to pay $10.25M fine, $6.25M for research
12.15.05 DuPont, EPA Settle Chemical Complaint
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12.14.05 DuPont to pay $16.5 million in EPA case
12.14.05 EPA Fines DuPont $16.5M for Teflon Cover-Up
12.14.05 DuPont to pay $10 million federal fine
12.14.05 Dupont fined more than $10 million over Teflon reporting
12.14.05 DuPont Analysis
12.14.05 DuPont Settles With EPA
12.9.05 Friday Consumer Alert: Teflon
12.8.05 Food containers need attention
12.6.05 Top Engineer: DuPont Hid Dangers for Years of Chemical Within Teflon, Paper Products
12.2.05 State plan angered 3M official, MPCA officials tell panel
12.2.05 Two testify 3M tried to avoid tests
12.2.05 State lawmakers grill MPCA about 3M chemicals
12.1.05 Legislative hearing raises questions about MPCA, 3M relationship
11.30.05 DuPont, EPA Settle Case On Chemical Disclosure
11.30.05 Public, regulators and regulated are in the dark about DuPont
11.29.05 DuPont seeking cause of seepage
11.21.05 DuPont on defensive over PFOA allegation
11.21.05 DuPont hit by allegations over safety of packaging chemical
11.20.05 Whistleblower Raises Serious Concerns Over Teflon-Related DuPont Chemical Used to Coat Billions of Food Containers
11.19.05 Chemical faces scrutiny
11.18.05 The MPCA's mission has gone astray
11.18.05 Brian Ross Investigates: Toxic Food Wrappers?
11.18.05 Whistleblower Questions Teflon's Safety
11.18.05 Consumer Alert: Teflon
11.17.05 C8 dangers covered up, DuPont
11.17.05 Engineer: DuPont hid facts about paper coating
11.17.05 Group says DuPont hid dangers of coating
11.17.05 Ex-Employee Calls DuPont Negligent
11.17.05 More Dangers With C-8?
11.16.05 Hidden risks of Teflon-like chemical raised by documents, company insider
11.16.05 Whistle-blower: DuPont knows food-packaging risk
11.14.05 Food wrappers have excess C8, engineer says
11.6.05 Thousands sign up for C8 health screening
11.5.05 DuPont: $1 billion a year at stake on C8
11.3.05 Student power
10.27.05 Iron, steel healthy alternatives to Teflon
10.26.05 Lawmakers looking into 3M chemicals, 'outrageous' allegations
10.26.05 Amid controversy, MPCA paying more attention to 3M chemicals
10.26.05 Pollution researcher says agency hindered her work
10.25.05 MPCA scientist says bosses tried to silence her
10.25.05 MPCA scientist tells lawmakers her research on 3M chemicals was blocked
10.24.05 Scientist finds self at center of storm
10.16.05 Agencies widen study of toxins in fish
10.13.05 Toxic chemicals found in children's teethers, mattresses, and bath books
10.8.05 Teflon and Cancer
9.1.05 Harper's Index
8.27.05 Nonstick Pollution Sticks in People
8.26.05 Flame retardants lingering in humans
8.21.05 Caution urged for contact with C8
8.16.05 Avoid C8 water, researcher says
8.16.05 So Far, So Good in Study of C8
8.16.05 University of Pennsylvania C8 Study Recommendations Presented to Little Hocking Consumers
8.12.05 DuPont C8 Tests OK With EPA
8.11.05 C8 Investigation Could Provoke Nationwide Testing
8.3.05 Sticky situation: debate over safety of Teflon
8.3.05 Activists ask for oversight over DuPont
8.1.05 Chem plant under microscope
7.29.05 High C8 chemical levels reported in Ohio
7.27.05 Pans and packages, oh my
7.27.05 Turning up the heat on Teflon
7.27.05 Is There an Extra Ingredient in Nonstick Pans?
7.25.05 DuPont stuck with Teflon lawsuits
7.24.05 Will Environmental Fear Stick to DuPont's Teflon?
7.23.05 Ohioans show high levels of C8 in blood
7.20.05 Independent tests find higher levels of C8
7.19.05 Teflon firm faces fresh lawsuit
7.19.05 Suit Being Filed Against DuPont Over Teflon
7.19.05 Local law firms to lead Teflon class action
7.17.05 Miss. DuPont plant facing lawsuits
7.17.05 It's toxic, but DuPont wants it near homes
7.14.05 Possible dangers of using nonstick cookware
7.12.05 Teflon Safety Gets Closer Look
7.12.05 DuPont Agrees on Payback for Pollution Claims
7.10.05 DuPont Proposed, Dropped '81 Study of C8, Birth Defects
7.7.05 Review board members differ on potential risks of Teflon chemical
7.7.05 Group calls for Timmermeyer to quit over C8
7.7.05 DuPont disputes EPA's C-8 review
7.6.05 Teflon and Safety: Chemical Likely a Carcinogen
7.6.05 Government Tries to Solve C8 Puzzle
7.4.05 EPA panel: PFOA likely to cause cancer
7.3.05 DuPont lawyer edited DEP's C8 media releases
7.2.05 Teflon in cancer risk spotlight again
6.30.05 According to report, C8 'likely carcinogen'
6.30.05 Panel calls chemical a 'likely carcinogen'
6.30.05 Citizens uneasy over EPA report that says C8
6.29.05 EPA: DuPont's C-8 a 'likely' carcinogen
6.29.05 Board: Teflon Cancer Risks Downplayed
6.29.05 Panel's Report Connects C8 More Strongly to Cancer
6.29.05 Teflon Troubles
6.29.05 Compound in Teflon A 'Likely Carcinogen'
6.29.05 PFOA, chemical found in Teflon, may be cancer-causing agent
6.29.05 Does Teflon Chemical Cause Cancer?
6.29.05 C8 a 'likely carcinogen,' EPA panel concludes
6.15.05 The Sticking Point
6.7.05 Teflon in a sticky situation
5.28.05 Board wants more review of DEP's C8 deal
5.26.05 DuPont monitors chemical pollution
5.26.05 Chemical found in groundwater near DuPont plant in Fayetteville
5.24.05 DuPont shareholders seek SEC probe
5.20.05 Feds seek DuPont records
5.20.05 DuPont faces C8 criminal probe
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5.19.05 Teflon trouble
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5.18.05 No deal: Pollution scuttles plant
5.13.05 Food Plant Lawsuit
5.13.05 Teflon Precursor Possible Cause of Birth Defects
5.12.05 Lawsuit: C8 in water scuttled $36m Parkersburg plant deal
5.7.05 DuPont settles in Teflon case
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4.26.05 DuPont Investors Want Full Disclosure of Teflon Costs
4.22.05 United Steelworkers to Paper Companies: Beware of Zonyl
4.21.05 Union contacts paper companies about safety of DuPont chemical
4.12.05 Fire retardant a health risk
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3.23.05 Study says household dust holds dangerous chemicals
3.21.05 Permits reissued for DuPont landfill in Wood County
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3.17.05 DU finds no Teflon-related contamination in water, but lawsuit test results disagree
3.16.05 3M to slash use of toxic chemical
3.16.05 Industry vows to reduce chemical used to make nonstick coatings
3.16.05 3M to stop making chemical
3.16.05 Chemical industry to use less C8 in its products
3.15.05 The Body Chemical
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3.11.05 More 3M water testing urged
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12.7.04 EPA challenges DuPont on C-8 reports
11.30.04 The Sticking Point
11.27.04 Signs of flame retardant rise in Lake Michigan
11.26.04 DuPont Didn't Disclose Reports on Teflon Risks, Officials Charge
11.25.04 Alarm bells silent on Teflon
11.25.04 EPA Moves to Widen Case Against DuPont
11.25.04 EPA raises C-8 reporting concerns
11.24.04 $70 million health study for Teflon chemical
11.24.04 Teflon: the miracle comes unstuck
11.19.04 DuPont Faces New Complaint; Group Says Firm Withheld Plaintiffs' Blood Test Results
11.18.04 US Environmental Agency has not ruled out more charges against Dupont
11.18.04 DuPont accused of deceit on C-8
11.18.04 DuPont found high C8 in blood, study shows
11.17.04 Environmental Group petitions for records of federal meetings
11.4.04 The Sticking Point: Debate Over Teflon
10.14.04 3M faces Cottage Grove suit; Chemical-contamination claim joins two others filed in Alabama
10.4.04 Council warns of Teflon use
10.2.04 3M suit targets plant in South
9.26.04 3M lawsuit draws a crowd
9.19.04 Teflon mystery raises safety questions
8.22.04 'Greenwashing' Leaves a Stain of Distortion
8.20.04 A Little Too Slick?
8.17.04 China's Zhejiang Supor Cookware opens flat in Shenzhen debut
8.15.04 Former 3M chemicals showing up in remote places
8.15.04 Former 3M chemical is widespread
8.13.04 DuPont says again it met disclosure rules
7.22.04 Unhappy at teflon tag
7.21.04 Teflon comes unstuck in China `mass panic'
7.20.04 Toxic Chemical Exposure
7.6.04 European Environmental Rules Propel Change in U.S.
6.25.04 EPA to make independent inquiry of PFOA in environment
6.7.04 Flame retardant in breast milk raises concern
5.8.04 DuPont papers will be unsealed
5.5.04 Study links C8 to higher cancer rates
4.30.04 DuPont to test workers for C8
4.30.04 DuPont to study workers' health; goal is to determine impact of C8
4.26.04 Preventing fires, igniting questions
4.22.04 Bringing Earth Day Home
3.28.04 Toxic America: Tracking the hazardous chemicals that seep stealthily into
3.22.04 Biomonitoring reveals chemicals within bodies
2.24.04 State proposes 'bio-monitoring' plan
2.23.04 What's in you that shouldn't be
2.17.04 The Body Chemistry Cocktail
2.17.04 What Chemicals Are Lurking Inside Your Body?
2.2.04 Mountain Cooking: Teflon coated cookware is not a good choice
1.8.04 Corporate America's attack on common sense
12.26.03 Concerns rise over fire retardant
12.24.03 And the number one reason to oppose the shooting range ...
12.24.03 Scientists begin measuring pollution in human bodies
12.16.03 Another Fast-Food Fear
12.14.03 CDC sniffs out Scotchgard
12.10.03 What's in your body's chemical cocktail?
11.17.03 Transcript: Teflon Flu
11.14.03 SAFE OR SORRY? NEW EVIDENCE REVEALS DANGERS OF TEFLON
11.1.03 DuPont's Teflon Dilemma
11.1.03 Pretty At A Price
10.1.03 Danger in the skillet zone
9.27.03 Examining the water we drink: Concerns about C8 linger
8.24.03 Reproductive Rights Fight Moves to Environment
8.18.03 DEAR DESI
8.17.03 Health Study may Include C8
8.7.03 From Grocery Store to Test Tube - Monitoring the Chemicals We Eat
8.6.03 Public has a right to know about carcinogens
8.6.03 Best not to Douse Yourself with Artificial Fragrances
8.1.03 Teflon may be hazardous
7.28.03 C8 also found in some McDonald's packaging
7.26.03 Research group presses fast food industry for facts on packaging
7.24.03 Bay fish still contaminated, study finds
7.24.03 Bill to Phase Out Chemical Fire Retardants Goes to Davis
7.18.03 Senate OKs Bill to Ban Retardant
7.17.03 Warnings on Teflon products not required
7.14.03 EPA Investigates Group's Charge Regarding PFOA
7.14.03 SPI reaches tentative pact on PFOA tests
7.12.03 Teflon Warning Label Rejected
7.11.03 Scientists Warn of Toxins In San Francisco Bay
7.11.03 Bay fish show rising levels of fire retardant, study says
7.11.03 Anti-fire agents polluting Bay Area
7.10.03 Chemicals: PBDE Levels Higher in California Fish, Bird Eggs
7.5.03 A link to more information
7.3.03 DuPont is Developing Own Way to Filter C8
7.1.03 Teflon et décalage toxique
7.1.03 Kentucky Firm Claims It Can Reduce C8 Levels
6.29.03 Launching a debut for an old product;
6.27.03 Supreme Court to hear DuPont petitions
6.26.03 EPA Committees Meeting on C8
6.21.03 Federal Agencies Press For Inventory Of Products With C8
6.7.03 EPA, DuPont Debate Conditions for Chemical Study
6.7.03 EPA asks DuPont for Teflon evidence
6.7.03 EPA hears from local citizens
6.7.03 Sticky Situation
6.6.03 Chemical contamination widespread in eastern county's water
6.6.03 Local rep to monitor hearing about C8
6.5.03 Chemicals under scrutiny found in California kids, San Diego birds
6.2.03 Death by the range
6.2.03 County citizens to participate in C8 hearing
5.29.03 Our Opinion: Community urged to submit C8 comments
5.28.03 Scotchgard is attractive again
5.28.03 EPA hearing on C8 draws interest
5.27.03 New EPA leader may affect C8 inquiry
5.25.03 Good Idea to Replace Arsenic Treated Wood
5.24.03 Cities, schools replacing play equipment amid health concerns
5.21.03 Teflon dangers
5.20.03 Out of the Frying Pan, Into a Fire
5.16.03 Concern about Teflon and Birds Heats Up
5.15.03 Environmental group warns of the danger of Teflon cookware
5.8.03 Judge: DuPont chemical is toxic
5.8.03 DuPont to appeal Wood Co. judge's order in C8 case
5.7.03 Judge Hill: C-8 is toxic to humans
5.6.03 Teflon Dangers
5.1.03 DuPont chief defends C-8
4.22.03 EPA seeks citizen input on C8
4.19.03 DuPont must test residents
4.19.03 DuPont told to pay for C8 blood tests
4.18.03 Teflon Chemical to be Reviewed
4.16.03 EPA steps up study of Teflon chemical risk to humans
4.16.03 Feds continue to look at C8
4.16.03 Sticking Point With Teflon
4.16.03 EPA to study safety of chemical used in making Teflon
4.15.03 DuPont confronted over chemical's safety
4.15.03 EPA worried about chemical found in household items
4.15.03 DuPont chemical under scrutiny
4.15.03 EPA plans additional study of C8's impact
4.15.03 EPA Ponders Synthetic Chemical's Human Risk;
4.15.03 Chemicals: Health Concerns Prompt EPA to Intensify Review of Teflon Ingredient
4.15.03 EPA Probes Widely Used Chemical
4.15.03 E.P.A. Orders Companies to Examine Effects of Chemicals
4.15.03 Regulators challenge safety of chemical used to make Teflon
4.15.03 Common chemical may cause deaths, defects
4.14.03 EPA Launches Probe Into Chemical Found In Many Products
4.14.03 EPA steps up study of Teflon chemical risk to humans
4.14.03 EPA to investigate claim DuPont hid chemical risk
4.14.03 EPA to investigate chemical found in many household items
4.14.03 Research Group Alleges Dupont Withheld Toxic Finding
4.11.03 Advocacy Group Accuses DuPont Of Hiding Birth-Defect Data
4.9.03 Group Says C8 Use Should Stop
4.5.03 DuPont Chemical Showing Up in Blood of Children, Adults;
4.4.03 Draft EPA Reports Finds Risks From Teflon Ingredient
4.4.03 Concerns grow about risk from DuPont chemical C8
4.1.03 Teflon Coming Under Fire
3.30.03 Chemical Used in Teflon Production May Pose Threat
3.29.03 Report cites potential danger of C8
3.29.03 Chemical Might Pose Health Risk to Younger Women and Girls
3.28.03 DuPont Chemical May Harm Females
3.28.03 DuPont's C8 risks greater than acceptable, feds find
3.28.03 EPA says women, children more susceptible to C8 risks than men
3.19.03 DuPont: C8 emissions to drop dramatically
3.15.03 Report: Treated Lumber A Risk
3.12.03 C8 Dispute Leaves Citizens Confused
3.11.03 Group wants EPA probe of DuPont, report on C8
3.5.03 U.S. To Adopt Stricter Cancer Guidelines for Kids
3.4.03 New EPA Guidelines Would Better Gauge Chemicals' Danger to Kids
3.4.03 CARCINOGENS: Safety group links playground equipment to cancers
2.23.03 DuPont Chemical Worries Ohio EPA
2.14.03 Scientists Study Contamination In Our Bodies From Products Used Every Day
2.6.03 New Studies Show Americans Have Scores of Toxin in Their Bodies
2.3.03 Toxin Study Raises Alarm About Levels in Kids' Blood
2.1.03 CDC Releases Vast Chemical Study
1.31.03 New Assessment of Toxins Found in Americans
12.30.02 Taking heed of wood's hidden danger
11.20.02 Cosmetics Industry Approves Controversial Chemicals
1.13.02 Environmentalists question EPA's priorities
1.7.02 A Teflon Correspondent

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