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by mdrew 1091 days ago
Honestly, the dental floss is the most fucked PFAS application out of all of them.
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What floss should one use to avoid these chemicals?
There's no PFAS labeling requirements and i bet a lot of the manufacturers lie anyways. I have no idea.

I went with Grin because they said it's PFAS free. Best I could do.

No, that is incorrect. PTFE is not a PFAS (it's chemically related, but is not the same).

You are perfectly fine with PTFE dental floss - it has no reactive PFAS components in it.

That is not a good recommendation and is also incorrect

PTFE, the material, does not contain PFAS in bulk form.

That's the end.

Floss, as a product, could contain any number of compounds related to the manufacturing, packaging and coating.

Interesting.
Take that with a grain of salt