Comments on: Canary’s Cry for Wednesday, January 21 http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2009/01/21/canarys-cry-for-wednesday-january-21/ A blog and social network about Multiple Chemical Sensitivity Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:35:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Meg http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2009/01/21/canarys-cry-for-wednesday-january-21/comment-page-1/#comment-1240 Meg Thu, 22 Jan 2009 15:16:51 +0000 http://www.thecanaryreport.org/?p=1397#comment-1240 Here is an article that shows some dangers from PTFE/Teflon, and a few other chemicals. The saddest part is that unless a necropsy is done, most people never connect it, especially if it is a from several exposures, long-term, and the final push is something very small, like a teflon hairdryer, or just someone walking through with too much hairspray on. http://www.squawkandhowl.com/info.html#airborne Here is an article that shows some dangers from PTFE/Teflon, and a few other chemicals. The saddest part is that unless a necropsy is done, most people never connect it, especially if it is a from several exposures, long-term, and the final push is something very small, like a teflon hairdryer, or just someone walking through with too much hairspray on.
http://www.squawkandhowl.com/info.html#airborne

]]> By: Susie Collins http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2009/01/21/canarys-cry-for-wednesday-january-21/comment-page-1/#comment-1243 Susie Collins Thu, 22 Jan 2009 06:40:19 +0000 http://www.thecanaryreport.org/?p=1397#comment-1243 You're absolutely right, Jeanne, the fumes from Teflon when heated to high temps can literally kill the family canary. I posted a report about it here http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2008/07/01/canaries-in-the-kitchen-teflon-toxicosis/ . I haven't used Teflon in years either. I use stainless with a little bit of organic virgin olive oil and never have any problem with anything sticking. You’re absolutely right, Jeanne, the fumes from Teflon when heated to high temps can literally kill the family canary. I posted a report about it here http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2008/07/01/canaries-in-the-kitchen-teflon-toxicosis/ . I haven’t used Teflon in years either. I use stainless with a little bit of organic virgin olive oil and never have any problem with anything sticking.

]]> By: Jeanne http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2009/01/21/canarys-cry-for-wednesday-january-21/comment-page-1/#comment-1242 Jeanne Thu, 22 Jan 2009 05:38:41 +0000 http://www.thecanaryreport.org/?p=1397#comment-1242 Susie, Wow! Lots of info here today! When I read Meg's comments about parrots, it reminded me of an investigative show I'd seen several years ago (20/20, maybe?) Anyway, the segment was about birds (as in househool pets) dying. As in MANY birds dying... Their deaths were somehow traced to fumes given off by heating Teflon-coated pans. I wish I could remember exactly what show it was on but my guess would be 20/20. In any event, my husband and I ditched our Teflon-coated pans for something safer the next day. The story was so disturbing and so thorough that we didn't even need to discuss it. (Insert here... by "discuss it", I mean that I didn't have to try to sway my husband to abandon our cookware... he didn't need any arm-twisting from me after watching that story)! That story was all we needed to convince us that we could live without that easy-to-clean coating. Jeanne Susie,

Wow! Lots of info here today!

When I read Meg’s comments about parrots, it reminded me of an investigative show I’d seen several years ago (20/20, maybe?)

Anyway, the segment was about birds (as in househool pets) dying. As in MANY birds dying…

Their deaths were somehow traced to fumes given off by heating Teflon-coated pans. I wish I could remember exactly what show it was on but my guess would be 20/20.

In any event, my husband and I ditched our Teflon-coated pans for something safer the next day. The story was so disturbing and so thorough that we didn’t even need to discuss it. (Insert here… by “discuss it”, I mean that I didn’t have to try to sway my husband to abandon our cookware… he didn’t need any arm-twisting from me after watching that story)!

That story was all we needed to convince us that we could live without that easy-to-clean coating.

Jeanne

]]> By: Susie Collins http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2009/01/21/canarys-cry-for-wednesday-january-21/comment-page-1/#comment-1244 Susie Collins Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:14:19 +0000 http://www.thecanaryreport.org/?p=1397#comment-1244 Yes, of course, Meg, feel free to snitch anything from The Canary Report. It's all to share. The link back to Canary is appreciated! Thanks! Yes, of course, Meg, feel free to snitch anything from The Canary Report. It’s all to share. The link back to Canary is appreciated! Thanks!

]]> By: Meg http://www.thecanaryreport.org/2009/01/21/canarys-cry-for-wednesday-january-21/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 Meg Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:42:45 +0000 http://www.thecanaryreport.org/?p=1397#comment-1241 Really interesting reading! Would you mind if I re-posted your paragraph about diacetyl on my blog? Along with a link to your post, of course! I have heard about parrots dying from microwave popcorn bags burning (and probably from long term use of them too, most say, but that is much harder to directly link). I have always heard it was from the PTFE in the bag causing Toxic Inhalation Pneumonia, which is what most of these toxic chemicals do to birds, but perhaps it is also the diacetyl harming them. Really interesting reading! Would you mind if I re-posted your paragraph about diacetyl on my blog? Along with a link to your post, of course! I have heard about parrots dying from microwave popcorn bags burning (and probably from long term use of them too, most say, but that is much harder to directly link). I have always heard it was from the PTFE in the bag causing Toxic Inhalation Pneumonia, which is what most of these toxic chemicals do to birds, but perhaps it is also the diacetyl harming them.

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