PTFE is the product, Teflon, not the chemicals they use to make it. PFOA was replaced with another chemical that is basically almost as bad, potentially exactly as bad
Thanks for the correction. Reading a bit more into it, I gathered this: PFOA is (by this point pretty much was) the surfactant in the emulsion polymerization of PTFE, AKA Teflon. And then it's as you say, PFOA is the part of Teflon that was replaced.
Yup, but the chemical they replaced it with is almost exactly the same, and there's not much of a reason to believe it's any safer. Also, it could be safer if they just didn't dump the chemicals, but we all know how that goes.
PTFE is the product, Teflon, not the chemicals they use to make it. PFOA was replaced with another chemical that is basically almost as bad, potentially exactly as bad
Thanks for the correction. Reading a bit more into it, I gathered this: PFOA is (by this point pretty much was) the surfactant in the emulsion polymerization of PTFE, AKA Teflon. And then it's as you say, PFOA is the part of Teflon that was replaced.
Yup, but the chemical they replaced it with is almost exactly the same, and there's not much of a reason to believe it's any safer. Also, it could be safer if they just didn't dump the chemicals, but we all know how that goes.