canismarko

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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). in c/science@lemmy.ml
[โ€“] canismarko@fosstodon.org 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

@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?

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). in c/science@lemmy.ml
[โ€“] canismarko@fosstodon.org 0 points 2 years ago (4 children)

@freagle @yogthos why is that disappointing?