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viceversa4 t1_izbunse wrote

The items themselves are probably not dangerous at all, assuming you don't burn the items. But the liquid used to dip them into sure is. And they have been dumping that used liquids in pits and waterways for 75 years. And for the last 10 years they have been incinerating it near kentucky, which unfortunately does not change the chemical composition, it just makes it an aerosol. Which then comes down as rain all around the world. Affecting all the water supplies, inundating the crops being grown, and the people and animals. Bioaccumulating in greater and greater concentrations since the human body has no way to get rid of it once it is absorbed. So buying pfas dipped products is not itself harmful, but it almost assuredly is putting money into the pocket of a polluting company that is destroying the world.

https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/Incincerators-spread-break-down-PFAS/98/web/2020/04

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