Reply #26: those studies are few

[KT2000]

and hard to get through.
Washington state just did a study on farmworkers and their blood levels of pesticides - it was bad!

Look at the site for Environmental Working Group:
http://www.ewg.org

they have done a study that measured the level of certain chemicals in people. not sure if they did blood and/or fat tissue.

The problem with Tefln is twofold. Heated to a high temp it emits a toxic gas (warnings are issued that it should not be used around birds as the gas will kill them). Also as Teflon ages it flakes off and is ingested.

Chemicals do not have just a dose/response toxicity concern.
Some chemicals mimic hormones and can alter the development of fetuses (especially sensitive to that is the developing neurological system, BRAIN DAMAGE) and are suspected of causing cancers - breast, ovarian, prostrate, uterine, cervical.