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This is a presser (disguised as a science piece) from the company behind this; take it all with a grain of salt. Also, epoxy already contains harmful endocrine
by ComputerGuru 9mo ago
This is a presser (disguised as a science piece) from the company behind this; take it all with a grain of salt.
Also, epoxy already contains harmful endocrine disruptors, adding forever chemicals like those found in almost all flame retardants is just adding fuel to the fire (pun not intended).
- s0rce 9mo agoWhile this is just a press release its about the academic paper, which is open access https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1385894725066173?via%3Dihub https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S138589472... It doesnt seem like any of the authors are making this commercially currently
- LoganDark 9mo agoThey're looking for commercial partners though.
- bootsmann 9mo agoEMPA is not a company, it’s a Swiss government agency. Maybe you should apply the grain of salt to your own priors too…
- ComputerGuru 9mo agoThanks for the correction but they're tooting their own horn either way.
- s0rce 9mo agoYes, this is very common for academic publications, particularly when there could be broad interest. For example, here is the press release from the first publication of my PhD https://web.archive.org/web/20110115053058/https://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2011/01/nanoscale-interfaces-in-teeth.html https://web.archive.org/web/20110115053058/https://www.north...