Ulcerative Colitis and Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) in a Highly Exposed Population of Community Res

FYI:Tuff to get away from.

Old Mike

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23735465

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanoic_acid

- malnutrition part I guess actually

I just tossed out all my teflon pans. I am not joking.

Thanks OM!

Do they know if you get it into your body from teflon? I see that it is in water, air, dust.. like no way how to avoid it, so it would be also good to know how to get it out of your body.

After the ruckus with the DuPont lawsuit, major companies switched from PFOA to other PFC's, which still have to be dumped 'somewhere'. There is even less data on what these other assorted PFC's do to you.

On the nonstick pans, most are teflon. If you heat them up too much they release various polyfluorinated hydrocarbons:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25496745

The good news is that teflon pans release less than the TDI for humans (whatever that means - Total Death Induction? - I couldn't access the full article.).

The worrisome part about many PFCA's is that their half-lives in humans can be several years, so they could easily accumulate over time. They are water soluble and stable in the environment.

Alternatives to nonstick pans are ceramic and conditioned cast iron, and possibly silicone for baking. Alternatives to drinking water are more limited...