How Teflon poisoned the world (video)

Georg Rockall-Schmidt, 6/23/23; Sheldon S., Crystal Q., CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

How Teflon Poisoned the World

(Georg Rockall-Schmidt) June 23, 2023. This is the story of how poly-tetra-fluoro-ethylene, brand name "Teflon," has poisoned almost the entire world with perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), which is cancer-causing (carcinogenic).

The amount of PFOA in the average person isn't always necessarily harmful. Nevertheless, PFOA can be found in dolphins in Florida, the rain in Tibet, household dust, and human food and water. It's basically everywhere. Yikes!

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