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[29athrowaway]

Reminder:

- The waterproof tape you used for your plumbing is made of PFAS.

- Your floss too

- Microwave popcorn and cupcakes

- Contact lenses

- Tampons

[ars → 29athrowaway]

That's not true. Teflon is not a PFAS because it's missing the "tail" that makes it active.

Teflon's predecessor PFOA is a PFAS, but there's not normally any remaining in the final produce. There is a valid concern with manufacturing of course, but not with use.

[jjcon → ars]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene

> Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene. It belongs to the per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)) and has numerous applications. The commonly known brand name of PTFE-based composition is Teflon by Chemours, a spin-off from DuPont, which originally discovered the compound in 1938.

[ars → jjcon]

Quoting Wikipedia doesn't actually change the nature of the chemical at hand. Would it help if I edited Wikipedia to clarify things?

PTFE is inert, it is not chemically active like a PFAS. The fact that it has a related chemical structure is interesting, but also not relevant.

[fragmede → ars]

> Would it help if I edited Wikipedia to clarify things?

Yes! that's the whole point of Wikipedia!

[mensetmanusman → ars]

Teflon is a subset of pfas. The discussion around this issue is just as unsophisticated as sating 'nuclear bad.'