Insights Some of the most important inventions ever were created by accident.  Viagra is a surprising addition to this list ...

In this series, Sharon Lerner exposes DuPont’s multi-decade cover-up of the severe harms to health associated with a chemical known as PFOA, or C8, and associated compounds such as PFOS and GenX.

Turns out, some nonstick pots and pans are better than others — but you might want to stay away from one type entirely.

The Dupont company molded Teflon into valves and gaskets for this purpose. The public did not know anything about Teflon until after the war. The first Teflon-coated muffin tins and frying pans ...

Chemours' third-quarter sales from its thermal and specialized-solutions unit, which makes chemicals such as Freon refrigerant, rose 6% to $460 million. Sales at the titanium-technologies unit fell 2% ...

The company -- which in 2015 was spun off from DuPont and whose specialty chemical brands include Freon and Teflon -- ...

Its Dec. 12 lawsuit in Salem County Superior Court involves the cleanup of the Chambers Work Site, where Teflon was invented in 1938. The site has been linked to cancer clusters in the area, which ...

Teflon flu could be a real concern, depending on your cookware. But don't rush to throw anything away quite yet -- there are ...

DuPont’s unresolved PFAS litigation ... where C8 was used to manufacture Teflon. Moving on to other pressures during the second quarter, net sales for the water and protection segment declined ...

They are commonly referred to as: Teflon tape PTFE tape PTFE thread seal tape plumber’s tape Thread tapes are usually made of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a highly crystalline, perfluorinated ...

Todd Haynes’ 2019 legal thriller is a real-life horror story. Mark Ruffallo stars in Dark Waters as Robert Bilott, a ...

Teflon and nonstick cookware is easy to use ... As recently as 2017, chemical giant Dupont settled a lawsuit for more than $670 million for its role in contaminating drinking water with PFOA ...