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MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 22 hours agoDid you at some point read about how some of them, such as the ones used in frying pans, are unlikely to cause problems in the human body, and then completely stopped looking into it further?
It’s a massive group of compounds, some of which currently look to be quite safe, but a significant number of which also have fully verified dangers (especially some compounds required for production).
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 21 hours ago
Yes, I read about it and the teflon on frying pan is explicitely NOT the problem. I understand that pointing to frying pans and saying “PTFE !!” is the attention grabbing thing to do. But there is no danger here.
The problem is the manufacturing plants leaking PFOA/PFAS into their surrounding environment !
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 21 hours ago
Maybe lead with that, instead of the conspiracy angle.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 21 hours ago
That’s been well known for over 50 years, why do you think now, all of a sudden, this is becoming an issue now ? This is because there are new coatings, silicon based PTFE-free coatings and PTFE-based metamaterial that combine titanium, ceramic and/or PCD.
As the manufacturer invest in this new technology, they either restrict PTFE commodity manufacturers out of their market or merely stop funding lobbying that protects the PTFE.
This is not a conspiracy theory, simple emergent interests that do not require a coordination.
piccolo@sh.itjust.works 16 hours ago
Abestos was used for millenias, and was known the miners a thousands years ago would succumb to a mysterious illness after works years in the mines… and it was just banned in the us in checks notes. Last year. Must’ve been big fiberglass behind it!
MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 21 hours ago
Cool.
But the reason you’re being downvoted, is that instead of commenting this, you made a comment that sounded like you were dismissing the dangers of PFAS, and dismissing it as the modern-day equivalent to lead, asbestos, and the like.
Which is what it is, and you clearly agree that it is.