Is PFOA the new Alar – or is this the worst-reported science story of the year?
Errors force ABC to change story, but rest of media fall for imaginary federal safety standard, health risks Here’s how ridiculously easy it has become to spin the press. Two weeks ago, the Environmental Working Group (EWG), which has a long history of scare-mongering and releasing statistically-invalid studies, unveiled Glenn Evers, a “whistleblower” who once worked for DuPont as a chemical engineer, and who claimed the company was derelict in addressing the risk from papers coated with chemicals related to Teflon. Here’s how ABC’s Chief Investigative Correspondent Brian Ross originally reported the story’s lede for Good Morning America: “To prevent grease stains on fast food and pizza boxes, microwave popcorn bags, candy bar wrappers and hundreds of other food items, the paper is coated with a chemical that’s part of the Teflon family. Now ABC News has learned that the Food and Drug Administration has opened an investigation into its safety, based on new information and the testimony
