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interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 18 hours agoYes, 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 18 hours ago
Maybe lead with that, instead of the conspiracy angle.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 17 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 13 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 17 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.
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
The difference with leaded gasoline and asbestos, is that everyone everywhere was being exposed to those.
And the current trajectory regarding PFAS is, a complete ban wcl.org.uk/transitioning-to-a-pfas-free-economy.a…
But they’re not a problem everywhere, they’re a problem of containment at the manufacturer.
This is what sloppy statements like plastics and teflon are tantamount to the widespread lead and mercury poisoning. That’s just not the case but acting like it is, is exactly how industry initiate regulatory capture.
I see it the same as the big tech giants pushing hard FOR regulation, because ultimately the rules, written with their impetus will become their motes and we will all pay for it.