Teflon, once called the housewife’s best friend by DuPont, is a synthetic polymer  polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) that gives pan their non-stick coating.  While avoiding stuck on food and hard to clean pans sounds like a positive thing, it should be noted that when Teflon pans are used incorrectly they can emit 15 different toxic gases.  One […]

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Did you know that approximately fifteen million pounds of artificial coloring is included in foods each year?  This startling information makes the recent reports on the dangers of food dyes even more unsettling.  The Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) recently published the report “Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks” detailing how unsafe […]

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