2004:
Newspaper
articles and reports
|
Dec
23, 2004 |
Teflon
production linked to cholesterol
DuPont, 3M accused of failing to report potential effect
of chemical exposure
|
By
Jeff Montgomery
The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) |
Dec
17, 2004 |
Environmental
Working Group (EWG) Statement on Opening Arguments of Teflon
Chemical Trial
|
Press
Release from the Environmental Working Group |
Dec
17, 2004 |
Teflon
dispute brings DuPont, EPA to court
The company said it wasn't required to report finding an
acid used to make the coating in water.
|
By
Tom Avril
The Philadelphia Inquirer |
Dec
16, 2004 |
August
23, 2004 report by Dr. Giovanni Costa of the University
of Verona describing a meeting with 3M and du Pont to discuss
biological monitoring of Miteni workers
exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA).
Miteni is an Italian company which manufactures PFOA in
Italy.
|
Made available by the Environmental
Working Group |
Dec
16, 2004 |
DuPont
Fails to Report Another Teflon Health Study
High Cholesterol Levels in Teflon Workers Kept from EPA
|
From
the Environmental Working Group |
Dec
13, 2004 |
EPA
Again Cites DuPont On PFOA
Agency says company held back results of tests of human
blood
|
By
CHERYL HOGUE
Chemical and Engineering News
Volume 82, Number 50, p. 9 |
Dec
9, 2004 |
CSPI,
Environmental Working Group Challenge Two Scientists on
EPA panel
Committee on Teflon Toxic Larded with Industry Scientists
|
Press
release from the
Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) |
Dec
6, 2004 |
EPA
Files New Claim Alleging DuPont Withheld PFOA Information
|
Press
Advisory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
Nov
26, 2004 |
DuPont
didn't disclose reports on teflon risks, officials charge
|
By
Spencer Hunt
The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio) |
Nov
25, 2004 |
EPA
raises C-8 reporting concerns
|
By
Jeff Montgomery
The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) |
Nov
24, 2004 |
Judge
approves preliminary settlement on C8 lawsuit
|
By
Pamela Brust
The Parkersburg News (West Virginia) |
Nov
23, 2004 |
Judge
OKs terms of C8 settlement
|
By
ERIK SCHELZIG
Associated Press Writer
The Charleston Gazette (West Virginia) |
Nov
23, 2004 |
Order
denying US EPA's Motion for Stay,
granting limited extension of time for complainant to file
reply in support for accelerated decision on liability for
Count III and amending prehearing exchange schedule.
|
US
EPA
Docket No. TSCA-HQ-2004-0016
Docket No. RCRA-HQ-2004-0016 |
Nov
22, 2004 |
US
EPA files Motion for Temporary Stay of Proceeding in
order to review "a substantial amount of new information"
on ammonium perfluorooctanoate (APFO) submitted by DuPont
|
US
EPA
Docket No. TSCA-HQ-2004-0016
Docket No. RCRA-HQ-2004-0016 |
Nov
18, 2004 |
DuPont
Faces New Complaint
Group Says Firm Withheld Plaintiffs'
Blood Test Results
|
By
Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post |
Nov
18, 2004 |
Group
says report withheld from EPA
|
By
JEFF MONTGOMERY
The News Journal (Wilmington, Delaware) |
Nov
17, 2004 |
DuPont
Suppresses Teflon Blood Study
Analysis
of PFOA in the blood of people living near DuPont's West
Virginia Teflon plant had levels 12 times higher than U.S.
background blood levels.
|
Analysis
and Letter to US EPA from the
Environmental Working Group |
Nov
17, 2004 |
EWG
Uncovers Another Suppressed Teflon Study
Health Study Emerges Just Before Start of Court Case
Over Similar Omissions
|
News
Release from Environmental Working Group |
Nov
11, 2004 |
Researchers
near the end of study on impact of C8
|
By
Tim Brust
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
Nov
9, 2004
CHEERS Study |
EPA
Stalls Infant Pesticide Dosing Study
Bush Administration Poised to Legalize Human Testing
|
Public
Employees for Environmental Responsibility |
Nov
8, 2004
CHEERS Study |
MEMORANDUM
SUBJECT: Children’s Environmental Exposure Research
Study (CHEERS)
|
FROM:
William Farland, Ph.D. Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator
for Science Office of Research and Development
TO:
EPA Employees |
Nov
4, 2004
CHEERS Study |
EPA
accused of conflict of interest over chemicals study
|
by
Geoff Brumfiel
Nature (Vol 432, page 6) |
Nov
4, 2004
-
UPDATED: 9:24 am CST November 5, 2004 |
The
Sticking Point: Debate Over Teflon
Questions Surround Key Chemical
|
NBC5.com |
Nov
3, 2004 |
A
screech – then Teflon fumes killed my pet birds
A
WOMAN making a pie accidentally killed her four pet birds
with the fumes from a Teflon baking tray.
|
Yorkshire
Post Today (UK) |
Oct
30, 2004
CHEERS Study |
Study
of Pesticides and Children Stirs Protests
|
By
Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post |
Oct
29, 2004
CHEERS Study |
Group
Demands Halt to Unethical, Scientifically Questionable Study
in Which EPA and Chemical Industry Pay Families to Expose
Children to Pesticides
|
Press
Release
Environmental Working Group |
Oct
29, 2004
CHEERS Study |
Letter
to Dr.
Paul Gilman, Assistant Administrator
Environmental Protection Agency
|
Kenneth
A. Cook, President
Environmental Working Group |
Oct
27, 2004
CHEERS Study |
EPA
responds to Environmental Working Group
|
FROM:
Paul Gilman, Ph.D.
Assistant Administrator, US EPA ORD
TO:
Mr. Kenneth Cook, President
Environmental Working Group |
Oct
26, 2004
CHEERS Study |
Chemical
Industry Funds Aid EPA Study. Effect of Substances on Children
Probed
|
By
Juliet Eilperin
Washington Post |
Oct
24, 2004 |
The
poisonous cocktail in a minister's bloodstream
By
Mark Townsend
|
The
Observer (UK)
|
PFOS
Report:
Released
October 2004 |
ENVIRONMENTAL
RISK EVALUATION REPORT:
PERFLUOROOCTANESULPHONATE (PFOS)
(104
pages)
|
UK
Environment Agency’s Science Group
Authors:
D Brooke, A Footitt, T A Nwaogu
Research Contractor:
Building Research Establishment Ltd
Risk and Policy Analysts Ltd |
PFOS
Report:
Released
October 2004 |
Proposal
for Regulations on PFOS-Related Substances
Partial
Regulatory Impact Assessment
(43
pages)
|
prepared
for
UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)
by
Risk & Policy Analysts Limited,
Farthing Green House, 1 Beccles Road, Loddon, Norfolk, NR14
6LT
in
association with:
BRE Environment
Garston, Watford, WD25 9XX, UK |
PFOS
Oct
19, 2004 |
Letter
to Interested Parties:
Consultation
on proposed national action to restrict the use of perfluorooctane
sulphonate (PFOS) and substances that degrade to PFOS
|
UK
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) |
PFOS
Oct
19, 2004 |
List
of Consultees that received letter: Consultation on
proposed national action to restrict the use of perfluorooctane
sulphonate (PFOS) and substances that degrade to PFOS
|
UK
Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) |
PFOS
Oct
19, 2004 |
UK
ACTS TO BAN HAZARDOUS CHEMICAL [PFOS
and the substances which break down to it]
|
News
Release
UK
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) |
Oct
12, 2004
CHEERS Study |
EPA
Partners With American Chemistry Council to Study Young
Children’s Exposures to Household Chemicals
|
News
Release
US EPA Research & Development |
Oct
7, 2004 |
Teflon's
sticky situation
By
Chris Summers
|
BBC
News Online |
Sept
22, 2004
CHEERS Study |
EPA
Conducts Study on Young Children’s Exposures to Household
Chemicals in Duval County, Florida
|
News
Release
US EPA Research & Development |
Sept
19, 2004 |
Teflon
mystery raises safety questions
The
acid is in the environment and in children's blood, but
scientists don't know how it got there. The health risks
are unknown.
By
Tom Avril
|
Philadelphia
Inquirer |
Sept
16, 2004 |
Teflon:
Product Safety and Brand Equity Depend on Control of Product
Data
By Kevin O'Marah and Eric Karofsky
|
AMR
Research (an independent research analyst firm) |
Sept
14, 2004 |
Settlement won't
stop DuPont's chemical fight
|
The
Billings Gazette (Montana) |
Sept
13, 2004 |
DuPont
settlement would pay east-county water customers
By Jonathan Hunt
|
The
Athens News (Ohio) |
Sept
10, 2004 |
DuPont's
$100M Settlement
By
PAMELA BRUST
|
The
Parkersburg News (West Virginia) |
Sept
10, 2004 |
DuPont
OKs C8 suit settlement
By Justin McIntosh
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
Sept
10, 2004 |
Settlement
in DuPont Water Suit
By MICHAEL JANOFSKY
|
New
York Times |
Sept
9, 2004 |
DuPont
Reaches Settlement with Class Action Group
|
DuPont
Press Release |
Sept
9, 2004 |
DuPont
Agrees to Settle in Teflon Suit
|
Associated
Press |
Sept
2, 2004 |
C8
study needs more people
By Brad Bauer
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
Aug
30, 2004 |
Teflon
Trial Will Be Public
|
Environmental
Working Group |
Aug
30, 2004 |
Are
school uniforms making kids ill?
By Madeleine Brindley
|
The
Western Mail (Wales UK) |
Aug
25, 2004 |
Chemical found in
7 wells
Trace amounts of PFOA well below level thought dangerous
BY
MARY DIVINE
|
St.
Paul Pioneer Press (Minnesota) |
Aug
25, 2004 |
State
finds chemical residue in wells
|
Star-Tribune
(Minneapolis -St. Paul, Minnesota) |
Aug
21, 2004 |
Eliminate
the use of Teflon
By
MYRIAM LAURA BEAULNE
|
Boston
Globe
(Letter) |
Aug
17, 2004 |
|
The
News Journal (Delaware) |
Aug
16, 2004
|
|
Boston
Globe Editorial |
Aug
15, 2004 |
|
Star
Tribune (Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota) |
Aug
15, 2004 |
|
Star
Tribune (Minneapolis - St. Paul, Minnesota) |
Aug
14, 2004 |
|
Richmond
Times-Dispatch (Virginia) |
Aug
13, 2004 |
|
Washington
Post - Page A03 |
Aug
13, 2004 |
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
Aug
13, 2004 |
|
Columbus
Dispatch (Ohio) |
Aug
12, 2004 |
|
Press
Release: Environmental Working Group (Washington DC) |
Aug
12, 2004 |
|
Press
Release: DuPont |
Aug
12, 2004 |
|
Docket
Nos.
TSCA-HQ-2004-0016
and
RCRA-HQ-2004-0016
(57 pages) |
Aug
9, 2004 |
|
The
Inquirer (UK) |
Aug
8, 2004 |
|
The
Telegraph (UK) |
Aug
8, 2004 |
|
The
Telegraph (Calcutta, India) |
Aug
8, 2004 |
|
Taipei
Times |
Aug
5, 2004 |
|
Environmental
Working Group |
Aug
2, 2004 |
|
The
Standard (Greater China's Business Newspaper) |
Aug
1, 2004 |
|
The
News Journal - Wilmington (Delaware) |
July
29, 2004 |
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
July
27, 2004 |
|
Chicago
Tribune |
July
23, 2004 |
|
The
Standard. (Greater China's Business Newspaper)
|
July
22, 2004 |
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
July
21, 2004 |
|
Business
Report |
July
21, 2004 |
|
China
Daily |
July
20, 2004 |
|
Charleston
Gazette (WV) |
July
19, 2004 |
|
People's
Daily Online (China) |
July
19, 2004 |
|
Korea
Times |
July
12, 2004 |
|
Canadian
Press |
July
9, 2004 |
|
The
Washington Post; Page A03 |
July
9, 2004 |
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
July
9, 2004 |
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
July
9, 2004 |
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
July
8, 2004 |
|
US
EPA Press Release |
July
8, 2004 |
DuPont
Responds to EPA Complaint, Denies Allegations
Company
asserts it has complied with all laws and regulations with
respect to PFOA; will vigorously defend its position
|
DuPont
Press Release |
July
8, 2004 |
|
Docket
Nos.
TSCA-HQ-2004-0016
and
RCRA-HQ-2004-0016
(31 pages) |
July
8, 2004 |
|
Gazette
Mail - Charlestown (West Virginia) |
July
8, 2004 |
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
July
7, 2004 |
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
July
3, 2004 |
Little
Hocking water customers get C8 notice
By Pamela Brust
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
July
2, 2004 |
LHWA
issues contamination notice
By PAMELA BRUST
|
The
Parkersburg News and the Parkersburg Sentinel (West Virginia)
|
July
1, 2004 |
EPA
Decision To Study C-8 Signals Failure Of Agency Compromise
By Neil Shah
|
Inside
EPA |
June
2004 |
NOTICE
OF CONTAMINATION
- Notice sent to all water users
|
Little
Hocking Water Association, Inc.
Little Hocking, Ohio 45742 |
June
25, 2004 |
EPA
will conduct studies of C-8. DuPont Co. uses chemical in Teflon
By JEFF MONTGOMERY
|
The
News Journal - Wilmington, Delaware |
June
24, 2004. |
EPA
Moves to Break Industry Logjam on Teflon Chemical Studies.
Agency to Conduct Research to Identify Sources of Teflon Chemical
in Humans and the Environment
|
News
release by the Environmental Working Group |
June
23, 2004 |
DuPont
disputes PFOA cancer claim
|
Science
News |
June
18, 2004 |
EPA
taking formal action against DuPont
By DAVE PAYNE Sr.
|
Parkersburg
News - Parkersburg, West Virginia |
May
8, 2004 |
W.Va.
Supreme Court orders DuPont documents unsealed in C8 suit
by The Associated Press
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
May
8, 2004 |
DuPont
papers will be unsealed
by PAMELA BRUST
|
The
Parkersburg News and the Parkersburg Sentinel (West Virginia)
|
May
6, 2004 |
DuPont
disputes study that links C8 to cancer risk
by Brad Bauer
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
May
6, 2004 |
New
study finds cancer rate higher in C8-exposed areas
by PAMELA BRUST
|
The
Parkersburg News and the Parkersburg Sentinel (West Virginia)
|
April
30, 2004 |
DuPont
to study workers' health; goal is to determine impact of C8
by Tom Hrach
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
April
30, 2004 |
DuPont
to launch $1M C8 study
by DAVE PAYNE Sr.
|
The
Parkersburg News and Sentinel (West Virginia) |
April
28, 2004 |
New
high in levels of C8 worries water customers
by Brad Bauer
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
April
18, 2003 |
The
Society of the Plastics Industry begins new online website
on PFOA
|
http://www.pfoa-facts.com/
|
April
15, 2004 |
Fear
for the health of a river
'Red flag' raised over what plant dumps into water
By JEFF MONTGOMERY
|
The
News Journal (Delaware) |
March
3, 2004
CHEERS Study |
Part
A: Supporting Statement - EPA ICR Number: 2126.01 -
61 pages. This
document, included as a Docket in the March 3, 2004, Federal
Register notice, gives the most pertinent
information to the protocol of the CHEERS study.
|
US
EPA
Federal
Register
Docket
No. ORD-2003-0011-0006 |
March
3, 2004
CHEERS Study |
Longitudinal
Study of Young Children's Exposures in their Homes to Selected
Pesticides, Phthalates, Brominated Flame Retardants, and Perfluorinated
Chemicals (A Children's Environmental Exposure Research Study--CHEERS).
The study will be conducted in Duval County, Jacksonville,
Florida over a two-year period from 2004 to 2006.
|
US
EPA
Federal
Register Notice
Docket
No. ORD-2003-0011 |
Feb
12, 2004 |
Group
to help spread word about C8 project
by
Kate York
|
The
Marietta Times (Ohio) |
Jany
24, 2004 |
Perfluorinated
sources: factories outside, consumer products inside?
by Rebecca Renner
|
Science
News |
Jan
15, 2004 |
DuPont
public hearing is now set for Jan. 29
by Pamela Brust
|
Parkersburg
News and the Parkersburg Sentinel (West Virginia) |