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by nate_meurer
760 days ago
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It's because this reporting is nonsense. It comes from a health influence with "mama" in the name, always a good indicator of scientific rigor. They say they tested for "organic fluorine", and when it predictably came back positive they crowed that the floss contains the kind of PFAS that has been loosely correlated with health effects (such as the small-molecule chemicals PFOA, PFOS, or Gen-X). But if they had any familiarity with chemistry or the products they were testing, they'd have known that what they actually found is plain old Teflon, which is the most biologically inert substance in common use, does not emit volatile PFAS, and is not (yet) under regulatory scrutiny. Your floss is perfectly safe. |
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