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"The news program 20/20 once did an expose on teflon, which is so toxic that it often kills pet birds that breathe its fumes. teflon also stimulates the body to produce flulike symptoms in people when the pan gets overheated, creating fumes. Some women who worked at the DuPont plant mixing the chemicals to make teflon gave birth to babies with birth defects. Almost all Americans now have some detectable amounts of teflon in their blood, and they are getting close to the level that harms lab animals." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Blood samples from newborns contained an average of 287 toxins, including mercury, fire retardants, pesticides and teflon chemicals, according to a 2004 study by the Environmental Working Group (EWG). Teflon: This chemical in cooking pots is also carcinogenic. Food should never be prepared in teflon cookware. Use glass, cast iron, carbon steel, titanium, and enamel cookware. PVC shower-curtains: They emit a strong smell can cause serious damage to your liver as well as to the nervous, reproductive, and respiratory systems." - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"Some women who worked at the DuPont plant mixing the chemicals to make teflon gave birth to babies with birth defects. Almost all Americans now have some detectable amounts of teflon in their blood, and they are getting close to the level that harms lab animals. Pending review, the Environmental Protection Agency is now advising consumers to stop using teflon products. Is Cooked Food Addictive? We know that fermenting food sugars and starches into alcohol makes them addictive for many people. Would heating food do the same thing? Raw fooders are convinced that cooked food is addictive." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Teflon. teflon is an inert material. Although you should avoid scratching the pan with metal utensils, so that you don't eat teflon particles in your food and don't impair the pan's "nonstick" property, the particles wouldn't be absorbed by your body anyway. Just don't use teflon cookware for broiling, or leave it unattended at high heat, because it may give off fumes. One advantage to Teflon: you can use less oil. þ Ceramic. The FDA recommends avoiding ceramic cookware from Mexico, China, India, and Hong Kong, because of the possibility that it may leach dangerous amounts of lead into food." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.)

"Almost all Americans now have some detectable amounts of teflon in their blood, and they are getting close to the level that harms lab animals. Pending review, the Environmental Protection Agency is now advising consumers to stop using teflon products. Is Cooked Food Addictive? We know that fermenting food sugars and starches into alcohol makes them addictive for many people. Would heating food do the same thing? Raw fooders are convinced that cooked food is addictive. They base this conviction on the empirical (observational) evidence of both their own and others' subjective experiences." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, teflon is one of the hardiest man-made products, its molecules surviving forever in the environment and in your body. When heated, Teflon's chemical off-gassing will kill some birds if they are in the same room. Aluminum has had a long history, from fables that it can cause Alzheimer's to facts that it's a powerful neurotoxin damaging to brain cells. Yet it can be found in numerous products, including vaccines routinely given to children." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"It does appear that the incidence of Alzheimer's disease is increasing, though, so it is important that more research be done. • teflon. teflon is an inert material. Although you should avoid scratching the pan with metal utensils, so that you don't eat teflon particles in your food and don't impair the pan's "nonstick" property, the particles wouldn't be absorbed by your body anyway. Just don't use teflon cookware for broiling, or leave it unattended at high heat, because it may give off fumes. One advantage to Teflon: you can use less oil. • Ceramic." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely in a Risky World (Get the book.) "It does appear that the incidence of Alzheimer's disease is increasing, though, so it is important that more research be done. þ teflon. teflon is an inert material. Although you should avoid scratching the pan with metal utensils, so that you don't eat teflon particles in your food and don't impair the pan's "nonstick" property, the particles wouldn't be absorbed by your body anyway. Just don't use teflon cookware for broiling, or leave it unattended at high heat, because it may give off fumes. One advantage to Teflon: you can use less oil. þ Ceramic." - Michael F. Jacobson, Ph.D., Lisa Y. Lefferts and Anne Witte Garland, Safe Food: Eating Wisely In A Risky World (Get the book.)

"This is obviously the case with teflon. The Associated Press reports that a $5 billion class action lawsuit is being filed against the DuPont company, stating that the chemical giant failed to warn consumers of the dangers of a teflon chemical." - Kevin Trudeau, More Natural Cures Revealed: Previously Censored Brand Name Products That Cure Disease (Get the book.)

"These chemicals included pesticides, phthalates, dioxins, flame retardants, and breakdown chemicals of teflon, among other chemicals known to damage the immune system. Shortly after, investigators in the Netherlands turned up similar findings: they discovered an array of chemicals commonly found in household cleaners, cosmetics, and furniture in the cord blood of thirty newborns. OUR AUTOGEN-FILLED WORLD: HOW DID WE BECOME SO CONTAMINATED? How do these chemicals creep into our bodies?" - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"When overheated, the perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in teflon and other nonstick substances can pollute our ecosystem and may threaten our health. Cook in cast iron or stainless steel instead. Avoid plastic wraps and aluminum foil. Plastic and aluminum might leach toxins into the food you eat. To protect yourself, use waxed paper for covering food in the oven and refrigerator. And instead of plastic sandwich bags, we use brown wax paper baggies made by Natural Value (which you can purchase at www.amazon.com or www .shopnatural.com). I send Wyatt off to school with them every day." - Deirdre Imus, Growing Up Green: Baby and Child Care: Volume 2 in the Bestselling Green This! Series (Green This!) (Get the book.)

"Fluorides can also be found in teflon pans, pesticides sprayed on fruit, and some beverages and food items. To minimize exposure, use only filtered drinking water, thoroughly wash fruit before eating, read labels, and avoid any products that contain fluoride. Pesticides According to the World Health Organization, more than 3 million people become ill and 220,000 die worldwide annually because of pesticides. Pesticides harm humans and animals alike. In the U.S., it is reported that more than one-third of the calls to animal poison centers result from pets exposed to pesticides." - Ron Garner, Conscious Health: A Complete Guide to Wellness Through Natural Means (Get the book.)

"When heated, Teflon's chemical off-gassing will kill some birds if they are in the same room. Aluminum has had a long history, from fables that it can cause Alzheimer's to facts that it's a powerful neurotoxin damaging to brain cells. Yet it can be found in numerous products, including vaccines routinely given to children. Almost all food and water supplies contain some amount of aluminum, for FACT BPA is at unsafe levels in one of every ten servings of canned foods (11 percent) and one of every three cans of infant formula (33 percent)." - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"When there is abundant nitric oxide in the bloodstream, it keeps blood flowing as if the vessels' surfaces were coated with the most slippery teflon, eliminating the stickiness of vessels and blood cells that is caused by high lipid levels and that, in turn, leads to plaque formation. There is mounting evidence of the critical importance of the endothelium. German researchers recently studied more than 500 patients diagnosed with coronary artery disease." - Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D., Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease (Get the book.)

"To some, I understand, teflon is an all-American hero, an icon. In 1990, President George Bush presented the National Medal of Technology to DuPont for the company's pioneering role in the development and commercialization of man-made polymers over the last half century. The citation given the company by the president lists teflon as one of these very special products. There's one problem." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"Teflon chemical that is ubiquitous in drinking water supplies and people's bodies.14 Recent Du Pont ads in Good Housekeeping magazine feature a smiling young woman in a white lab coat with the caption, "As a scientist, I make teflon. As a mother I use it."15 The line between the cosmetics industry and chemical industry is thin. Before taking the cosmetic industry's top job, Pamela Bailey spent six years as head of AdvaMed, the medical device manufacturers trade association." - Stacy Malkan, Not Just a Pretty Face: The Ugly Side of the Beauty Industry (Get the book.)

"Food should never be prepared in teflon cookware. Use glass, cast iron, carbon steel, titanium, and enamel cookware. PVC shower-curtains: They emit a strong smell can cause serious damage to your liver as well as to the nervous, reproductive, and respiratory systems. The smell comes from deadly chemicals, including toluene, ethylbenzene, phenol, methyl isobutyl ketone, xylene, acetophenone, and cumene, all named dangerous air pollutants by the EPA. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) shower curtains are sold at Kmart, Bed, Bath and Beyond, WalMart, Sears, and Target. " - Andreas Moritz, Cancer Is Not A Disease - It's A Survival Mechanism (Get the book.)

"The US Environmental Protection Agency has begun an investigation to determine how a teflon chemical has found its way into the blood of virtually every American, and polluted drinking water supplies. Perfluorooctanoic acid, a key ingredient in the making of teflon non-stick coating for cookware can cause testicular, breast, liver and prostate cancers, as well as birth defects. And in 2004 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has found perchlorate contamination in nearly all of the more than 200 samples of lettuce and milk it collected and tested nationwide." - Mark Sircus, Transdermal Magnesium Therapy (Get the book.)

"Wooden cutting boards—one for animal products, another for fruits and vegetables •I- An eight-inch nonstick saute pan A twelve-inch nonstick saute pan (nonstick pans can vary in quality; buy the highest quality, such as Cephalon or All Clad, because of the health risks of poorer-quality nonstick pans using teflon) •I- An eight-quart stock pot A two-quart saucepan with lid •I- A four-quart saucepan with lid • ?An eleven-inch-square nonstick (non-Teflon) stovetop griddle ??Three to four cookie or baking sheets ??A food processor ??" - Mark Hyman, Ultra-Metabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss (Get the book.)

"Cadmium: Cigarettes, batteries, automobile exhaust, pink dyes used in dentures, welding fumes, ceramic glazes, many art supplies, teflon, fungicides, plastic ?Copper: Some cooking utensils and plumbing, gold dental fillings and crowns, insecticides ?Aluminum: Some drugs (including antacids), most baking powders, some cooking utensils, antiperspirants, cosmetics, foil, acid rain ?Arsenic: Pesticides, smog, tobacco smoke, a by-product of metal ore smelting and coal-fired power plants, wood preservatives in lumber and playgrounds, green pigment used in toys, curtains, carpets, colored chalk ?" - Brenda Watson and Leonard Smith, The Detox Strategy: Vibrant Health in 5 Easy Steps (Get the book.)

"More About teflon? The following article was announced on ABC News (February 23, 2007): PFOA (Ferfluorooctanoic Acid), also known as C8, is a key chemical used in the manufacture of teflon and the protective coating that prevents grease stains on boxes and wrappers [i.e. microwave popcorn, French fry boxes, candy bars]. Preliminary findings of a study at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have linked the chemical to lower birth weights among newborns." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.) "Studies have proven that the moment a teflon pan is heated, this toxic chemical is absorbed in your bloodstream, and the above article not only exposes the potential dangers to newborns and infants, but also verifies that teflon is indeed a dangerous "fluorinated chemical". Removing Aluminum and Fluoride Although the best option is obviously to avoid both fluoride and aluminum, at times it might be too late, so the next best thing is to remove them before they do any more damage." - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

"The coincidence in timing—between a medical community turning a blind eye to a mysterious, growing set of diseases with an unknown set of triggers and a society's rapid swell in production of everything from SUVs to teflon pans to furniture stuffed with flame-retardant foam—would turn out to be an ominous one, altering the well-being of millions of Americans. Together, these two seemingly unrelated trends would set in place two of the key factors that would establish a "perfect storm" enabling an autoimmune epidemic to gather force and take hold." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.) "Researchers recently showed that when added to the diets of rats, PFOA (perfluoroocta-noic acid, a breakdown chemical of teflon and one of the chemicals found in the blood panel screenings mentioned above), causes significant impairments in the ability of rats to develop an appropriate immune response. Similarly, other researchers showed that mice given organochlorine pesticides were much more susceptible to getting the autoimmune disease lupus than control mice. Are these data absolutely definitive? It's not clear that the type of exposure these animals had is the same type that humans have." - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"The inhalation fever syndrome on its own may not be dangerous, but it points the way to other, far more threatening exposures with which it is often linked, such as byssinosis in the cotton mills or toxic welding fumes that are less benign than zinc oxide. Even teflon and related materials may cause polymer fume fever when overheated only to a moderate degree, but at even higher temperatures (such as when a teflon pan is left on a lighted burner) they can release deadly irritant gases. Indeed, the song "Metal Fume Fever" may have a point." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"In a 2005 study, researchers found 287 industrial chemicals, including pesticides, phthalates, dioxins, flame-retardants, and the breakdown chemicals of teflon, in the fetal cord blood of ten newborn infants from around the country—transmitted to the infants by their mothers' exposures before and during pregnancy. We are facing both an increasing prevalence of autoimmunity and an increasing exposure to environmental toxins. Is it clear that the increased exposure of environmental toxins is causing the increase in autoimmunity?" - Donna Jackson Nakazawa, The Autoimmune Epidemic (Get the book.)

"Even teflon and related materials may cause polymer fume fever when overheated only to a moderate degree, but at even higher temperatures (such as when a teflon pan is left on a lighted burner) they can release deadly irritant gases. Indeed, the song "Metal Fume Fever" may have a point. The most important lesson the story of job fever teaches us is that toxins are not bound to fixed boundaries of specific jobs or avocations. Cotton mills and brass foundries may at least be heavy industries, even if far apart in what they make." - Paul D. Blanc, M.D., How Everyday Products Make People Sick: Toxins at Home and in the Workplace (Get the book.)

"Pending review, the Environmental Protection Agency is now advising consumers to stop using teflon products. Is Cooked Food Addictive? We know that fermenting food sugars and starches into alcohol makes them addictive for many people. Would heating food do the same thing? Raw fooders are convinced that cooked food is addictive. They base this conviction on the empirical (observational) evidence of both their own and others' subjective experiences. Raw fooders very rarely become addicted to a favorite raw food." - Susan E. Schenck, The Live Food Factor: The Comprehensive Guide to the Ultimate Diet for Body, Mind, Spirit & Planet (Get the book.)

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