During a series of failed experiments in 1969, Robert Gore became frustrated and gave a hard yank to a heated rod of the polymer polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE). (www.sciencehistory.org)

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[-] canismarko@fosstodon.org 0 points 2 years ago

@freagle Thanks for all that info. I hadn't really thought much about it. The EPA pages have a lot of info.

So you're disappointed that your favorite guitar strings are made with a coating that likely has bad health and environmental effects?

[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml -1 points 2 years ago

Upset my favorite hiking boot material, which I use to aid in my appreciation of the natural world, permanently harms the world I'm appreciating

[-] MSids 1 points 1 year ago

I'm not sure why you have downvotes. I found this out a few years back and was also disappointed for the same reason. I believe PFAS are also found in some backcountry ski skin waxes which was even more disappointing to me.

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