Do you really think Dupont would let the patent on Teflawn laps?? I find that unlikely.
Hmmmmm.... it really seems like their lawyers ought to have better things to do:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teflon
"The EPA's scientific advisory board found in 2005 that perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), a chemical compound used to make Teflon, is a "likely carcinogen." This finding was part of a draft report[4] that has yet to be made final. DuPont settled for $300 million in a 2004 lawsuit filed by residents near its manufacturing plant in Ohio and West Virginia based on groundwater pollution from this chemical. Currently this chemical is not regulated by the EPA.
In January 2006, DuPont, the only company that manufactures PFOA in the US, has agreed to eliminate releases of the chemical from its manufacturing plants by 2015, but did not commit to completely phasing out its use of the chemical. This agreement is said to apply to not only Teflon used in cookware but in other products such as food packaging, clothing and carpeting. DuPont also stated that it cannot produce Teflon without the use of the chemical PFOA, although it is looking for a substitute."
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/Health/Nsa...cancerrisk.htm
You'll love this one too:
http://www.2spi.com/catalog/chem/teflon_ptfe.html
Just imagine if microshaft started saying "hey.. you can't use windows...", hang on, they did try that.
Whatever, ask them if it's ok to say :
"Our wire uses PTFE, associated with Dupont's Teflon, found polluting your water supply, poisoning you through your cookware since before you were born, clothes, carpet, oceans, and generally polluting the world over through mass chemical spills with various cancer causing agents, or directly through your food supply. Why do we use it? Simply, it's the best."
