Comment on It's on your blood!

• Shareni@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s releasing a high amount of micro and nano plastics, and those are linked to different health issues including cancer.

  www.sciencedirect.com/…/S0048969724027232

  our findings suggest that PTFE-MPs-associated toxicity may be specifically linked to the activation of the ERK pathway, which ultimately induces oxidative stress and inflammation.

  pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37419366/

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Oxidative stress and inflammation is cancer?

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    • Shareni@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      At least 40% of human cancers are associated with aberrant ERK pathway activity (ERKp).

      www.nature.com/articles/s41698-024-00554-5

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      • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        So as much as breathing, coffee and the sun cause cancer?

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• Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I mean, it might… but we haven’t shown it does.

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  • lime@feddit.nu ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    teflon itself is proved safe. its production is what’s causing all the problems.

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    • Peppycito@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I had a waterproofing spray that said on it “Completely nontoxic ^when ^dry”

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• Midnitte@beehaw.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Modern teflon, sure.

  But there’s a reason its no longer made with PFOA.

  Studies have looked at cancer rates in people living near or working in PFOA-related chemical plants. Some of these studies have suggested an increased risk of testicular cancer and kidney cancer with increased PFOA exposure. Studies have also suggested a possible link to thyroid cancer, but the increases in risk have been small and could have been due to chance. - Source

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