How Teflon Poisoned the World

Hello! This is the story of how Polytetrafluoroethylene, brand name Teflon, has poisoned almost the entire world with Perfluorooctanoic acid, PFOA, which is cancer-causing. The amount of PFOA in the average person isn’t necessarily harmful, but nevertheless PFOA can be found in dolphins in Florida, the rain in Tibet, household dust, and food and water. It’s basically everywhere. Yay. Patreon: Twitter: Sources: EPA Advisory Landing Page EPA proposes regulation Federal Register EPA Plan summary NC EPA GENX EPA GenX Toxicity Report PFAS EPA Roadmap PFOA In rain worldwide PFOA PFOS in China EWG- PFC CDC PFOA Fact Sheet American Cancer Society – PFOA 3M Taves 1975 Document 1977 Fluoride In Blood Timeline 3M Knew About Dangers – The Intercept Teflon’s Toxic Legacy – EcoWatch C8 Suspected In Birth Defects – Delaware Online Roanoke River Contamination NCBI – Forever Chemicals in Blood Stats Agency for Toxic Substances And Disease Registry – PFAS Study Rob Bilott – NYT Magazine