Comments on: Non-stick pans wreak havock on your Thyroid http://liberatedmind.com/2010/01/non-stick-pans-wreak-havock-on-your-thyroid/ handmade, clean living, free thought Fri, 18 May 2012 02:56:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: LiberatedMind http://liberatedmind.com/2010/01/non-stick-pans-wreak-havock-on-your-thyroid/comment-page-1/#comment-490 LiberatedMind Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:44:47 +0000 http://liberatedmind.com/?p=1294#comment-490 On the molecular level, when two objects come in contact, they exchange molecules. The degree may vary. Heating process and the scraping of the teflon or PFOA contaminated coating accelerates this exchange. If you overheat a Teflon pan, PFOA and other dangerous chemicals can be released. Also, when using Teflon cookware, the user is required to use plastic or non-metal utensil to avoid scratching the Teflon coating, which means consumers use more plastic at high temps with the hazard of coming into contact with more BPA. With Stainless Steel pans, the utensil used can also be stainless steel. The studies you sighted above contained no counter information from studies done suggesting PFOA are harmful. It in fact admits that PFOAs "may or may not be harmful" and then the DuPont website says the just don't think it is harmful, end of story. Third party, unbaised studies are the ones to pay attention to. DuPont obviously has much at stake. Thankfully, DuPont and other major PFOA polluters have agreed to discontinue using this harmful chemical by 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502041.html The worst damage by DuPont and others who use PFOA is the dumping of waste PFOA into public water systems, harming wildlife and contaminating human drinking water sources and recreation areas. On the molecular level, when two objects come in contact, they exchange molecules. The degree may vary. Heating process and the scraping of the teflon or PFOA contaminated coating accelerates this exchange. If you overheat a Teflon pan, PFOA and other dangerous chemicals can be released. Also, when using Teflon cookware, the user is required to use plastic or non-metal utensil to avoid scratching the Teflon coating, which means consumers use more plastic at high temps with the hazard of coming into contact with more BPA. With Stainless Steel pans, the utensil used can also be stainless steel.

The studies you sighted above contained no counter information from studies done suggesting PFOA are harmful. It in fact admits that PFOAs “may or may not be harmful” and then the DuPont website says the just don’t think it is harmful, end of story. Third party, unbaised studies are the ones to pay attention to. DuPont obviously has much at stake. Thankfully, DuPont and other major PFOA polluters have agreed to discontinue using this harmful chemical by 2015 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502041.html

The worst damage by DuPont and others who use PFOA is the dumping of waste PFOA into public water systems, harming wildlife and contaminating human drinking water sources and recreation areas.

]]> By: Ross4Teflon http://liberatedmind.com/2010/01/non-stick-pans-wreak-havock-on-your-thyroid/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Ross4Teflon Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:51:41 +0000 http://liberatedmind.com/?p=1294#comment-489 Hi Chrystine -- Because there's so much misinformation out there about Teflon, I'm not surprised that you are concerned. I'm a representative of DuPont though, and hope you'll let me share some information with you and your readers, so that everyone can make truly informed decisions. A recent study tried to determine whether there is a potential relationship between PFOA and thyroid changes. The study’s authors state that the observed association is a correlation, which may or may not be causal. This is inconsistent with other studies, including studies of workers who have had much higher levels of PFOA exposure than the general public. These workers have not shown any changes that would indicate impact on the thyroid. The weight of evidence gathered from a number of significant health studies continues to indicate to us that there is no health risk to the general public from exposure to PFOA. Please take a look at http://www2.dupont.com/PFOA2/en_US/pfoa_thyroid.html for more info. http://www.teflon.com/Teflon/teflonissafe and www.pfoa.dupont.com can provide you with additional information, as well. Hi Chrystine — Because there’s so much misinformation out there about Teflon, I’m not surprised that you are concerned. I’m a representative of DuPont though, and hope you’ll let me share some information with you and your readers, so that everyone can make truly informed decisions.

A recent study tried to determine whether there is a potential relationship between PFOA and thyroid changes. The study’s authors state that the observed association is a correlation, which may or may not be causal. This is inconsistent with other studies, including studies of workers who have had much higher levels of PFOA exposure than the general public. These workers have not shown any changes that would indicate impact on the thyroid. The weight of evidence gathered from a number of significant health studies continues to indicate to us that there is no health risk to the general public from exposure to PFOA. Please take a look at http://www2.dupont.com/PFOA2/en_US/pfoa_thyroid.html for more info. http://www.teflon.com/Teflon/teflonissafe and http://www.pfoa.dupont.com can provide you with additional information, as well.

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