{"id":109,"date":"2018-10-24T16:42:27","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T23:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/?p=109"},"modified":"2020-04-24T15:04:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-24T22:04:04","slug":"do-you-use-teflon-do-you-know-the-hazards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/do-you-use-teflon-do-you-know-the-hazards\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you use teflon?  Do you know the hazards?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-110 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-396x132.png\" alt=\"PFOA\" width=\"240\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-396x132.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-768x255.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-792x263.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-990x329.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-1188x395.png 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the last 20 years the EPA and other agencies have slowly realized that low quantities of biproducts in teflon are more toxic than anyone realized.\u00a0 Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is the specific compound found to be highly carcinogenic.\u00a0 In 2002 the EPA put a cap on drinking water at 150 ppb, this has been continuously lowered until 2016 where they currently expect safe levels need to be lower than 70 ppt! Studies have show an expected 98% of Americans have ppb levels of the carcinogen in there body and ocean water is already reaching ppt levels\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-111\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/devil-we-know-396x396.jpg\" alt=\"Documentary cover art\" width=\"198\" height=\"198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/devil-we-know-396x396.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/devil-we-know-198x198.jpg 198w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/devil-we-know.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/>along the coast.\u00a0 Like heavy metals (and teflon of course) the compound doesn&#8217;t break down and accumulates in the blood over time.\u00a0 As of 2017 DuPont has settled more than 3,500 personal injury lawsuits related to PFOA, but as there are limited alternatives to teflon in many applications it might be a global issue.\u00a0 You may consider this next time your looking at teflon-lined cookware.<\/p>\n<p>If your interested in learning more about the lives of the Virginia people living close to the DuPont teflon production site you can check out the new documentary &#8220;The Devil We Know.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-110 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.wp.wsu.edu\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-396x132.png\" alt=\"PFOA\" width=\"240\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-396x132.png 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-768x255.png 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-792x263.png 792w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-990x329.png 990w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid-1188x395.png 1188w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-chem\/uploads\/sites\/2322\/2018\/10\/1200px-Perfluorooctanoic_acid.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the last 20 years the EPA and other agencies have slowly realized that low quantities of biproducts in teflon are more toxic than anyone realized.\u00a0 Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is the specific compound found to be highly carcinogenic.\u00a0 In 2002 the EPA put a cap on drinking water at 150 ppb, this has been continuously lowered until 2016 where they currently expect safe levels need to be lower than 70 ppt! Studies have show an expected 98% of Americans &#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/do-you-use-teflon-do-you-know-the-hazards\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span class=\"more-default\">&raquo; More &#8230;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":141,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"wsuwp_university_location":[],"wsuwp_university_org":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/141"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":299,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109\/revisions\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_location?post=109"},{"taxonomy":"wsuwp_university_org","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chem.wsu.edu\/lifesafety\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wsuwp_university_org?post=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}