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  • West Virginia: DuPont reports elevated cancer rates in workers

    PARKERSBURG — DuPont Co. has discovered evidence of elevated cancer rates among employees at its Washington Works plant, according to records turned over to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Seven plant employees past and present have been found to have similar cases of carcinoid tumors, which are “rare, slow-growing tumors that usually appear both in […]

  • Ohio: C8 panel to do interviews with 40,000 residents and 6,000 former DuPont workers

    The C8 Science Panel wants to interview some 40,000 Mid-Ohio Valley residents about their medical history in an ongoing effort to determine if there is any link between the chemical and various diseases. Over the next few weeks, introductory letters about the follow-up studies will be mailed to adults who signed consent forms for the […]

  • Ohio: DuPont says filters work, will stop paying for bottled water

    DuPont has spent $6 million since 2005 to keep 12,000 residents in the Little Hocking area from drinking a chemical the company uses to make Teflon. The company has spent $3 million on bottled water and $3 million on a drinking-water filter system that should protect against C8, a chemical that the U.S. Environmental Protection […]

  • DuPont says it will not face criminal charges over Teflon reporting

    WILMINGTON, Delaware. DuPont Co. will not face criminal charges arising from allegations that it hid information about a toxic chemical used to make the nonstick coating Teflon, the company said Monday. DuPont said it was informed Friday that the Justice Department had finished its review of information obtained in a May 2005 grand jury subpoena […]

  • W. Virginia, Ohio Families Face Toxic Teflon Chemical Risk

    Washington, DC – A March 10 agreement between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co. over drinking water contamination around the company’s Parkersburg, WV, plant leaves people in the area exposed to dangerous levels of the Teflon chemical perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a probable carcinogen and reproductive system toxin also […]

  • Ditch the Teflon, Say Hello To Safe Cooking

    In her article, “The Essential Resource for Green Family Life: Healthy Child Healthy World“, Jennifer Lance mentioned the Healthy Child Healthy World’s advice on getting rid of Teflon in your kitchen. Teflon is the DuPont brand name for polytetrafluoroethtylene, or PTFE, a type of PFC that is used as a non-stick coating for most cookware. […]

  • DuPont, Teflon and the potential impact of a class action lawsuit.

    In the 1930’s DuPont, a U.S. firm, invented and began to market a substance called Teflon. Teflon is used today primarily as a non-stick coating for pots, pans and other cookware, though Teflon also has applications as a coating for textile based products such as clothes, apparel, carpeting and furniture. When manufacturing Teflon a chemical […]

  • Alabama: Toxic problems won’t evaporate

    Last of a three-part series [1st part; 2nd part] Although scientists struggle with how to deal with the toxins that permeate soil and water in the Decatur area, they know vaporizing the chemicals is not the best solution. But that is the solution embraced at the Morgan County Area Landfill for reducing its leachate levels, […]

  • Alabama: Landfill cleanup system flawed

    Second of a three-part series [1st part; 3rd part] The Decatur City Council approved spending money on a landfill cleanup system that, according to experts, almost certainly will not work. In fact, an Environmental Protection Agency spokesman said the system may actually increase levels of PFOA and PFOS — the main chemicals the landfill is […]

  • Alabama: Moulton may sue over DU dumping

    First of a three-part series [2nd part; 3rd part] Lawrence County is Decatur’s dumping ground, and Moulton Mayor Ray Alexander is not happy about it. He’s so unhappy about the Decatur waste products —and the toxins they contain — that he has retained Beasley Allen Law Firm to sue those responsible. No lawsuit has been […]