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The company manufacturing Teflon has been disposing of chemicals used during the manufacture of Teflon in such a way that those chemicals end up in the drinking
by jfim 7y ago
The company manufacturing Teflon has been disposing of chemicals used during the manufacture of Teflon in such a way that those chemicals end up in the drinking water supply of communities surrounding factories.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoRelevant comment/thread from a few days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22117840 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22117840 Huffington Post article: https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/welcome-to-beautiful-parkersburg https://highline.huffingtonpost.com/articles/en/welcome-to-b... Dark Waters film on the topic: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9071322/ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9071322/ DuPont was the entity responsible for the pollution and coverup.
- bsk26 7y agoI thought Dark Waters was good but the nytimes article it is based on is even better https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.amp.html&ved=2ahUKEwjh1dfvkKLnAhVXVs0KHR-_A8UQFjAAegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw3cb_s-HqLSWKMlaEoyNBDg&cf=1 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https:/... If you're concerned about goretex and dwrs, everything made by Nikwax uses different technology and is PFA free. Goretex might be safe for end user (or might not) but the manufacturing process is probably environmentally risky ... I wouldn't buy goretex for non-critical uses. So use it for mountaineering but not in the ski resort or on the way to work
- amarshall 7y agoAMP-free URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.html https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-b...
- toomuchtodo 7y agoMods: Would be bee’s knees if HN code rewrote AMP links to direct URL on commit, comments and submissions.
- floydnoel 7y agoAs a counterpoint, I prefer the AMP links
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- humaniania 7y agoOther companies are doing the same thing: https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/11/wolverine-shoes-still-coated-in-pfas-product-testing-shows.html https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/11/wolverine-shoes-still-coa...
- nate_meurer 7y agoAlso, the U.S. military deliberately dumps tons of this shit right on the ground every year. They use it in firefighting foam, and spray it freely in regular fire fighting exercises at dozens of military bases around the country. https://theintercept.com/2018/02/10/firefighting-foam-afff-pfos-pfoa-epa/ https://theintercept.com/2018/02/10/firefighting-foam-afff-p...
- beenBoutIT 7y agoThat and the jet fuel are powerful reasons to never live near a military base.