
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Yes Teflon. <div><br><a href="https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/roy-j-plunkett">https://www.sciencehistory.org/historical-profile/roy-j-plunkett</a></div><div><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr"><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mindi Messmer, PG, CG</span></div><div><br></div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Former New Hampshire House of Representatives<br class="">State House, Health, Human Services & Elderly Affairs Committee<br class=""></span><div><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Mobile: <a href="tel:603.498.8847" dir="ltr" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="0/2" style="-webkit-text-decoration-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.258824);">603.498.8847</a> | email: <a href="mailto:mmessmer@me.com" class="">mmessmer@me.com</a></span></div><div><br></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Aug 3, 2019, at 12:43 AM, Peter Strauss <<a href="mailto:petestrauss1@comcast.net">petestrauss1@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><span>Does anyone know how PFAS were specifically linked to the Manhattan Project?</span><br><span>p</span><br><span></span><br><blockquote type="cite"><span>On Jul 26, 2019, at 12:32 PM, Lenny Siegel <<a href="mailto:lsiegel@cpeo.org">lsiegel@cpeo.org</a>> wrote:</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Birds Are Living Proof That ‘Forever Chemicals’ Pollute Our Water Supplies</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Decades of studies show avian eggs and tissues are chock-full of widely used PFAS. Now officials are finally taking action for public health. </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>By Purbita Saha</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Audubon Magazine </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Summer 2019</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Splotchy and olive-brown, with a slight sheen to its shell, a contaminated Herring Gull egg on Lake Erie’s shores looks the same as any other. But under its delicate surface lies a host of toxins that could disrupt the young bird’s life before it begins.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Created from a byproduct of the Manhattan Project, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were engineered to be indestructible to water, oil, and heat. Today more than 4,000 forms can be found in products ranging from cooking pans and winter coats to burger wrappers and dental floss. For decades, however, these unregulated “forever chemicals” have also infiltrated lakes, streams, and hundreds of urban drinking supplies. Their pervasiveness doesn’t bode well for organisms that rely on these waters.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Fifty years of research has shown high PFAS levels amassed in the environment and food chain may increase the risk of developmental issues and cancers in fish, birds, and mammals—humans included. The compounds also funnel from mother to offspring, threatening infant survival.</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>…</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>For the entire article, see</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><a href="https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2019/birds-are-living-proof-forever-chemicals-pollute">https://www.audubon.org/magazine/summer-2019/birds-are-living-proof-forever-chemicals-pollute</a></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>--</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span></span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Lenny Siegel</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Executive Director</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Center for Public Environmental Oversight</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>a project of the Pacific Studies Center</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042</span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span>Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 </span><br></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><span><<a href="mailto:lsiegel@cpeo.org">lsiegel@cpeo.org</a>></span><br></blockquote><blo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