After watching a documentary on Hulu, which discussed how Science seemed so slow to recognize Nature's use of fractals, that were popularized by the visual thinker, Benoit Mandelbrot, I was pleased to recognize their character:
"The Teflon molecules are broken into smaller Teflon particles (Remember that Teflon is a polymer molecule that can be broken into smaller fragments without changing its chemical properties)." [p. 2, 2nd]
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DuPont's Teflon Cover-up
EPA Steps In - Pg 3 of 3
By Roberta C. Barbalace
Had it not been for the diligence of a "whistle blowing" employee at DuPont, the case might still have been unexposed. This makes one wonder it there are lots of other "C-8s" out there, different chemicals, created by companies other than DuPont, with dubious records, filed away in dusty research files marked "Personal and Confidential."
Found in blood
- PHOa: Perfluorooctanoic acid - used in processing Teflon (5)
- PHOs: perfluorooctane sulfonate
- PFOS: Perfluorooctanyl sulfonate - Active ingredient in Scotch Guard
Temperature Versus Teflon offgas/breakdown and effects (2)
- 464°F - Lowest temperature that Teflon particles have been measured
- 500°F - Searing temperature for meat
- 536°F - Birds killed in DuPont lab experiments
- 554°F - Oxidized Teflon particles released
- 680°F - Toxic gases released
- TFE - Animal carcinogen
- HFP - Worker Toxicant
- TFA - Poisonous to plants
- DFA - Animal kidney toxicant
- MFA - Lethal to humans at low doses
- PFOA - Animal carcinogen
- 700°F - Preheated grill
- 750°F - Surface Temperature of PTFE coated pan after heating for 8 minutes on conventional stove
- 800°F - Electric coil on range top
- 878°F - Silica tetrafluoride released - Highly toxic by inhalation and ingestion
- 887°F - PFIB - Chemical warfare agent
- 932°F - Carbonyl fluoride - Fluorinated version of chemical warfare agent
- 1,000°F - Drip Pans in stove top burner gas flame on top
- 1112°F - Trifluoroacetic acid fluoride - degrades to HF and TFA, OFCB Linked to Heart palpations, PFB - Global warming gas
- 1,202°F Carbon tetrafluoride - contributes to glogal warming and affects heart, lungs, breathing
- 1,500°F - Broiling temperature for high end ovens
Footnotes
- Steven DiJoseph; EPA Scientific Advisory Board Unanimously Approves Recommendation Labeling PFOA a 'Likely Carcinogen' Date Published: Friday, February 17th, 2006 http://www.newsinferno.com/archives/852
- Canaries in the Kitchen - Teflon offgas studies; Environmental Working Group; http://www.ewg.org/reports/toxicteflon/chemicals.php
- EPA Files New Claim Alleging DuPont Withheld PFOA Information; EPA Newsroom; Release date: 12/06/2004 http://www.epa.gov/newsroom/index.htm
- Dutton, Geoff; West Virginia Ruling Judge: DuPont Chemical Is Toxic The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio); May 8, 2003
- Morris, Jim; Did 3M and DuPont ignore evidence of health risks?; Mother Jones; Sept. - Oct. 2001.
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