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That's not the issue. These chemicals -they're not just teflon- were put into basically everything, like asbestos was. Cleaning products, spray grease, fabric

That's not the issue. These chemicals -they're not just teflon- were put into basically everything, like asbestos was. Cleaning products, spray grease, fabrics, paper, shampoo and cosmetics, stain-resistant coatings. They've already been phased out but the damage is done. https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/chemical/pfas.htm https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/chemical/pfas.htm

someplaceguy 3y ago
> They've already been phased out but the damage is done. Have they really been phased out in food packaging (say, in Europe)? I thought PFAS is what is used to give grease and water resistance to food packaging (boxes, wrappers, bags, cups, etc). If so, what have they been replaced with?
- hedora 3y ago
  3M will stop manufacturing them in 2025, but others currently manufacture them, and I assume they will continue for many more years. Historically they were replaced with other, poorly understood, but similarly bad materials. For instance, PFAS replaced PFOA’s, and now they are considering replacing PFAS with PFAS [not a typo]: https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-tsca/new-chemicals-program-review-alternatives-pfoa-and https://www.epa.gov/assessing-and-managing-chemicals-under-t...
  - vel0city 3y ago
    PFOAs are a type of PFAS in the same way as squares are rectangles. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) is a polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS). PFAS is a higher level category of chemical compounds of which perfluorooctanoic acid is a member of. Like a mouse is a mammal.
- Tempest1981 3y ago
  Time for a "California-Prop-65"-like warning on those products?