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Except there’s many routes ptfe can turn harmful. If it burns it turns into horrible stuff. Guess it shouldn’t be used in California. And just as with polyethy
by mint2 4y ago
Except there’s many routes ptfe can turn harmful. If it burns it turns into horrible stuff. Guess it shouldn’t be used in California.
And just as with polyethylene, additives like plasticizers and various other components added for processing can be a big issue. They used to use pfoa for helping process Teflon. Who knows what they use now.
It’s probably unwise to be overly trusting.
- nwiswell 4y agoAll of this is true but it's totally unrelated to the fact that fluoropolymers are forever chemicals. Fluoropolymers themselves are harmless, even if their byproducts are not necessarily. And presumably the compounds of concern you've highlighted are actually not forever chemicals.