Chemical Compound in Dupont’s Teflon a Likely Carcinogen
Chemical Compound in Dupont’s Teflon a Likely Carcinogen
Compound in Teflon A ‘Likely Carcinogen’
By Juliet Eilperin Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, June 29, 2005; A04
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The Environmental Protection Agency’s own scientific advisory panel has identified perfluorooctanoic acid, a chemical compound used to make Teflon, as a “likely carcinogen” in a report it plans to submit to the agency next month.
The draft report is significant because it could prompt agency officials to regulate the processing agent—known as PFOA or C-8—for the first time. The EPA is in the midst of seeking millions of dollars in fines from DuPont Co., which makes PFOA in Parkersburg, W.Va., on the grounds that the chemical giant failed for 20 years to report possible health and environmental problems linked to the compound.