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PFOA

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PFOAPerfluorooctanoic Acid (suspected carcinogen used in making Teflon)
PFOAProblem Formulation and Options Assessment
PFOAPeninsula Friends of Animals (Sequim, WA)
PFOAPortland Football Officials Association (Oregon)
PFOAPlatform Fiber Optics Assembly


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The team also detected PFOA in water boiled for 10 minutes in two of the five pans tested.
APFO is short for ammonium perfluorooctanoate, which is also sometimes called PFOA or C8.
For its part, DuPont says any PFOA residue left in its non-stick coating would only be released in a consumable form if heated for hours to an otherwise unsafe temperature of 600 degrees Fahrenheit.
 
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