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.

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Sources:
EPA Advisory Landing Page
https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/drinking-water-health-advisories-genx-chemicals-and-pfbs

EPA proposes regulation
https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/03/14/toxic-chemicals-water-epa-pfas-regulations-pfoa-pfna-pfhxs-pfbs-genx

Federal Register EPA Plan summary
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/29/2023-05471/pfas-national-primary-drinking-water-regulation-rulemaking

NC EPA GENX
https://www.wral.com/story/epa-sets-stricter-standards-for-genx-other-forever-chemicals-in-nc-drinking-water/20332202/

EPA GenX Toxicity Report
https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-03/GenX-Toxicity-Assessment-factsheet-March-2023-update.pdf

PFAS EPA Roadmap
https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-strategic-roadmap-epas-commitments-action-2021-2024

PFOA In rain worldwide
https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/PFOA-rain-worldwide-exceeds-EPA/100/i27

PFOA PFOS in China
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19775722/

EWG- PFC
https://www.ewg.org/research/pfcs-global-contaminants

CDC PFOA Fact Sheet
https://www.cdc.gov/biomonitoring/PFOA_FactSheet.html

American Cancer Society – PFOA
https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/chemicals/teflon-and-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa.html

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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21193237-mn-3m-guys-paper

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https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4570511-MN-3M-1977-Fluorine-in-Blood-Timeline.html

3M Knew About Dangers – The Intercept
https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/3m-pfas-minnesota-pfoa-pfos/

Teflon's Toxic Legacy – EcoWatch
https://www.ecowatch.com/teflons-toxic-legacy-dupont-knew-for-decades-it-was-contaminating-wate-1882142514.html

C8 Suspected In Birth Defects – Delaware Online
https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/04/02/c8-suspected-birth-defects-one-womans-story/81473242/

Roanoke River Contamination
https://roanoke.com/news/local/source-of-forever-chemical-in-the-roanoke-river-traced-to-elliston-plant/article_e7953262-613e-11ed-baad-bb83787f5da8.html

NCBI – Forever Chemicals in Blood Stats
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2072821/
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https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/us-population.html

Rob Bilott – NYT Magazine
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.html

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