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by filoeleven 1724 days ago
> to PFAS

This should be PFBS, according to Wikipedia. PFAS is the whole family of chemicals, PFBS is a particular member with a much shorter half-life than PFOS. “PFAS” getting a non-abbreviation moniker would sure help to disambiguate things.

Also from WP, Scotchgard now uses “a proprietary fluorinated urethane,” which means we know next to nothing about it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotchgard