The news that even Bush's EPA suspects a maker of Teflon of concealing significant health risk should make everyone shudder. It's serving as a source of commentary about the no-stick Presidency, too.
Here for the serious news:
"Researchers studying PFOA levels in the Great Lakes think that when carpets and clothing treated with telomers are cleaned, some of the chemicals wash into sewage treatment plants that are not equipped to remove them before wastewater is dumped into lakes and rivers. Landfill runoff could be another source."
Here for the metaphor:
3M used to manufacture related compounds but gave that up a few years ago when the residues were found around the world, even in Arctic regions. Time for an investigation of 3M and Dupont. What did they know and when did they know it?
Posted by Dave at January 20, 2005 08:49 PM