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• 9bananas@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  no it’s more like saying “desalinated water is fine, it’s the brine that’s problematic.”

  which is true.

  and the same goes for teflon:

  the PFAS are toxic, not teflon itself.

  glossing over that distinction is disingenuous…

  yes, you can’t make one without the other, true, but the end product is not toxic. that’s an important difference you can’t just ignore in order to say teflon is toxic, because a requisite material in (cheap) production is toxic.

  because that’s like saying desalinated water is toxic, just because brine is toxic…which is obviously ridiculous.

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  • pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    ie if you already have a teflon thing, that teflon is non-toxic and there’s no point to just throw it out… avoid new things if possible because they byproducts are harmful, but disposing of existing product is unhelpful

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  • pupbiru@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    ie if you already have a teflon thing, that teflon is non-toxic and there’s no point to just throw it out… avoid new things if possible because they byproducts are harmful, but disposing of existing product is unhelpful

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