Wed, 18 Aug 2004 13:11:23 -0400
From: "Joel M. Kauffman"
Subject: Re: Self-Defeating on F-
To: Andreas Schuld

Dear Dr. Schuld:

   Looks like I better read your refs. before I write a review of my own.

I did not use the oxymoron "free fluoride ion".

The decomposition of PTFE by high doses of ionizing radiation does not mean that it will do this in ordinary cooking. The photosensitivity of people who take fluoroquinolone antibiotics is more likely due to the light absorption of the quinolone system than the presence of a fluoro group.

Sincerely, --Joel M. Kauffman, PhD,
Professor or Chemistry Emeritus, USP