If Teflon is the ultimate non-stick material, why is it not used for toilet bowls, oven shelves, and other things we regularly have to clean?
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Teflon used to contain PFOA. That was replaced with a similar chemical HFPO-DA. Both of which are on the 28 chemical PFAS analytical test.
The difference between PFOA and HFPO-DA (aka gen x) is the length of the carbon chain.
We know the Carbon8 PFOA compound is toxic, but toxicity studies are not complete on the HFPO-DA Carbon6 chain.
It is suspected to be less toxic: but the thresholds are not conclusive yet.
Not that it stopped DuPont from fucking up the Cape Fear watershed by discharging it from its Gen X manufacturing facility in N. Carolina.
In summary, speaking as an environmental regulator…Teflon can fuck off and die and should not be on the market, if we EVER want to solve the PFAS issue.
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