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Cookware, packing toxins polluting drinking water in 27 US states – report
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[quote:Loup Garou:MV8zNTQ5MjE4XzYzNDE4ODE1X0YzRUM3Njk4] [quote:Anonymous Coward 74923905:MV8zNTQ5MjE4XzYzNDE3ODMzXzcwREFBMTc5] Cast Iron baby, my main pan was bought by my Grandfather when he married my GM. It fed all 5 of my kids and is still going strong waiting for grandkids to feed, [/quote] My cast iron (black pot) was purchased in the 1930's, and has been passed along from generation to generation and now it is our turn. Talk about making a nice blackened redfish filet, or that rascal makes the best roux, praline, chicken stew, jambalaya, shrimp stew, you name it and it will deliver, (not for red sauces). They are the best. No toxins that I can detect, the original owner lived to the ripe old age of 86, the 2nd owner 83 both families lived long and healthy lives, and we have had it since 2004. Cast Iron baby. [/quote]
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Yikes...that's a little disturbing:
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From California to Flint, Michigan and New Jersey, harmful toxic chemicals linked to cancer can be found in water supplies of multiple US states and in the tap water of 15 million people, according to a new study.
The perfluorinated chemicals (PFCs) in question come from everyday products including cookware, outdoor clothing, food packaging and firefighting foam, and were detected in record high levels in the water supply in 27 states.
"It's a much larger number than we thought before," said Bill Walker, managing editor of Environmental Working Group who joined with Northeastern University in Boston to conduct the research.
The team's findings came from analysis of federal drinking water data and publicly documented legal cases of toxin pollution and documented in an interactive map.....
(I posted the first couple of paragraphs. Click the link for more.)
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