Steelworkers Union Alerts Commercial Users of DuPont Teflon(R)-Related Chemical about 'Duty to Warn' Customers of Possible Harm.
PR Newswire Europe, August, 2005
PITTSBURGH, August 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Citing growing public health concerns, the United Steelworkers (USW) union has informed major carpet cleaning retailers and wholesalers, fast food chains, and major retail clothing companies that they may have "a legal duty to warn" their customers about potential harmful effects of products that may contain the chemical perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as PFOA or C8.
PFOA is used to manufacture DuPont's widely used Teflon non-stick cookware. PFOA is also created when fluorotelomers -- which are a family of stain and water resistant chemicals -- break down. Fluorotelomers are applied to carpets, clothing, pizza boxes, hamburger wrappers and french fry containers. A recent draft report by the Environmental Protection...
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