Thursday, February 23, 2006

Nonstick pans might give you cancer

This article from CNN tells us that a chemical used to make Teflon, which is what makes foods cooked in nonstick pans not stick, could give us cancer. How many years have I been eating food cooked in this kind of pans? Maybe a quarter of a century...
A group of scientific advisers to the Environmental Protection Agency voted unanimously Wednesday to approve a recommendation that a chemical used in the manufacture of Teflon and other nonstick and stain-resistant products should be considered a likely carcinogen.
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The chemical also can be a byproduct in the manufacturing of fluorotelomers used in surface protection products for applications such as stain-resistant textiles and grease-resistant food wrapping.
Ah, that's just great, I love stain-resistant paints and shirts, so am I gonna get skin cancer from wearing them now?

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