‘Forever chemical’ bans face hard truth: Many can’t be replaced

stopthatgirl7@kbin.social to News@lemmy.world – 314 points –
‘Forever chemical’ bans face hard truth: Many can’t be replaced
japantimes.co.jp

As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of 'forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute.

170

You are viewing a single comment

These terrible chemicals are just not worth it at all.

The only people suffering from forever chemicals being banned are the people producing these poisons.

You can't even drink rainwater anymore. This is killing us.

Quiz question : when electric vehicle catches on fire what do you use to put the fire out?

Hint : you can't use water

Nor anything else as the fire creates its own oxygen and thus must be allowed to burn itself out.

What about a 20' x 20' smother blanket?

Since lithium-ion fires can produce its own oxygen supply it wouldn't work as an extinguishing method but, it could be used to contain the toxic and flammable fumes the fire would create

You put it in a box and set that box on fire. You have to fight fire with fire.

No, everyone on the planet will be suffering, because PFAS are vital for the manufacturing of integrated circuits, without them, we wouldn't have computers, and by extension, all the products the latter made possible.