Year 2, Day 107: Move Over Corn-Fed Beef, Here Comes Teflon

How much do you love your teflon/silverstone pans? Really, how much?

Whoops, Dupont (owner of the state of Delaware) has been asked to phase out perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA. Apparently, this is the chemical that is released when you heat a teflon pan to 600 degrees— is that even possible in the home?
In animals PFOA can cause cancer, immune-system damage and death. Whoops again—it lingers in carpets, drapes and towels long after it's gone from the air. And, guess what, according to Time Magazine: 95% of all Americans have traces of PFOA in their blood. In 2004, the company admitted no liability but paid $107.6 million to settle a lawpoint with 50,000 people who lived near DuPont's West Virginia plant. In January, an EPA advisory board labeled PFOA a likely human carcinogen."

"The EPA has since asked DuPont and seven other companies that use PFOA to phase out the chemical. Although DuPont disputes the classification as a carcinogen and won't stop making Teflon, the company has pledged that by 2015, it will reduce the amount of PFOA used to make the coating and will guarantee that the chemical won't be released into the environment from DuPont manufacturing plants."

2015. Wow, they got right on that.

Breakfast
Kashi Go Lean
Heritage Flakes
1 Cup 8th Continent Light Soy Milk
1 Cup Blueberries

Lunch:
Russo's Salad ($5.51)
Red Leaf, Red Pepper, Red Onion
Broccoli, Chick Peas, Feta, Chicken

Snack
Coffee
Peanut Butter
Celery
15 Almonds
1/2 oz. Boston Lite Popcorn

Dinner
Chicken
Cauliflower

Not sure why, but I was INCREDIBLY hungry today. I should have just kept my jaw shut and enjoyed the burn, but by 3:30 I had to have a 1/2 of popcorn. Even though it's a whole 'snack size' bag, it's really about three bites, for me. Still later, I was compelled to eat some almonds that are lingering around the office. Not very happy with this new hunger, maybe I have not been managing snack time properly. It's very hard to wait until 3:30 and the truth is I have been having the celery snack earlier and earlier. I've got to watch that.