There’s a problematic trend of picking a chemical or two to complain about and having the industry make an effort to avoid that particular chemical, even if the

There’s a problematic trend of picking a chemical or two to complain about and having the industry make an effort to avoid that particular chemical, even if there is no reason to expect that its replacement is better. For example, BPA in polycarbonate is being replaced with very closely related compounds that could be worse. And companies are apparently replacing PFOA and PFOS with “GenX”, the compound found to be problematic here. Every time I see something “BPA-free” or “PFOS-free” I shudder a bit. It’s a worse-than-useless statement.