EPA DOWNPLAYED CANCER RISKS - DuPont's C-8 Problem Continues

(06/29/2005)

An independent review board has found that the controversial chemical C-8, used by DuPont to make Teflon, is a much greater cancer risk than indicated in a draft assessment by the Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA called the risk "suggestive evidence" regarding potential harm, based on animal studies. The new report concluded that C-8 is "likely" to be carcinogenic to humans, and that the EPA should conduct cancer risk assessments for a variety of tumors found in mice and rats. Environmentalists hailed the report as an important step in holding government regulators and the Delaware-based chemical giant accountable. DuPont has already agreed to pay $107 million dollars to settle a class-action lawsuit by West Virginia and Ohio residents over contamination of their water supplies. The company has also been charged with covering up problems related to C-8. They deny any wrongdoing. EPA: www.epa.gov DuPont: www.dupont.com EWG: www.ewg.org

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