By Doug Cunningham

The United Steelworkers union is pressing Dupont to take responsibility for
what it says are adverse health and environmental effects of a class of chemicals known as PFOA. They're used in teflon coatings on cooking pans and utensils, in Scotch Guard carpeting and even on pizza boxes. The USW's Rick Massengill.

[Massengill 1]: "What we would like Dupont to do is to stop making the stuff. And then to own up to its responsibility and do more widespread training and also testing of its workforce."

Massengill says Dupont isn't cooperating with the union when it comes to the hazards of PFOA's.

[Messengill 2]: "That's something that Dupont has never been known for, and that is doin' the right thing. The way they treat the workers, the way they cover up things - accidents - and punish workers for safety violations which really aren't their fault. In my experience, Dupont is one of the worst companies we have to deal with - bar none."