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Teflon: Miracle invention or slow-acting poison? Why not both!
lundi 26 août 2024, 21:38 , par BoingBoing
Teflon was accidentally discovered in 1938 by DuPont chemists while they were trying to develop new refrigerants to replace dangerous, explosive ones used in the 1920s-30s. Rudy Molinek wrote a piece for The Smithsonian titles 'The Long, Strange History of Teflon, the Indestructible Product Nothing Seems to Stick to' that describes how Teflon went from being a mysterious laboratory curiosity to playing a crucial role in the Manhattan Project, before becoming a household name through non-stick cookware and eventually leading to the development of a whole class of chemicals known as PFAS, which are now raising significant health and environmental concerns. — Read the rest
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