| 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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