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Meanwhile PFAS is in everything, including some paper and carboard (so don't burn it) and very little sign of it being regulated, much less stopped. See: - htt
by MrVandemar 2y ago
Meanwhile PFAS is in everything, including some paper and carboard (so don't burn it) and very little sign of it being regulated, much less stopped.
See:
- https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas-pfos-inside-story https://www.propublica.org/article/3m-forever-chemicals-pfas...
- https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/dangerous-pfas-chemicals-are-in-your-food-packaging-a3786252074/ https://www.consumerreports.org/health/food-contaminants/dan...
... or just use the search engine of your choice.
- colechristensen 2y agoMinnesota has enacted some pretty strong and broad bans on PFAS already in effect with more to be phased in over the next 7 years. Food packaging, firefighting foam, cookware, and a broad selection of consumer products. https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/2025-pfas-prohibitions https://www.pca.state.mn.us/air-water-land-climate/2025-pfas...
- phtrivier 2y ago"How dare they enfringe on the free speech of corporations using their free speech to freely sell freedom-pfas to American citizens ? I hope the agency overseeing this communist-woke crusade against free speech is going to get DOGEd out of existence" /sarcasm (but, barely)
- smcin 2y ago3M's decades-long litigation about PFAS: https://hn.algolia.com/?q=PFAS+3M https://hn.algolia.com/?q=PFAS+3M And even after the settlements ever get resolved and it's no longer being produced in developed countries, economics says they'll just ship the waste to LDCs.
- actionfromafar 2y agoI hear it's more efficient to not worry about these things.