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Old 10 August 2008, 09:46 PM
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Icon86 Carcinogen worries stick to food packaging

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The next time you make some microwave popcorn or cook a frozen pizza, consider this: The packaging of many of these products contains a chemical that the Environmental Protection Agency considers potentially carcinogenic and wants businesses to voluntarily stop using by 2015.

Studies show that this chemical -- perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA -- is present in 98% of Americans' blood and 100% of newborns. It doesn't break down and thus accumulates in the system over time.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-f...6975509.column
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Old 10 August 2008, 09:49 PM
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"I don't know about you," he added, "but I don't like chemicals building up in my blood,
Yeah, like that pesky dihydrogen monoxide
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I hear the connotation police coming to get you, Towknie.
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