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		ars on Aug 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Could the world go PFAS-free? Proposal to ban ‘for... Teflon is not a PFAS anyway, so that's not really the issue. It's waterproofing that's the problem - for example paper straws.

nerdbert on Aug 1, 2023 [–]

> Teflon is not a PFAS anyway, so that's not really the issue.

No but PFASsen are used (and typically discarded poorly) in the production of Teflon.

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