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It seems I shouldn’t have posted this without context

TL;DW

  • yes the video is (at least partially) about Teflon, hence the cynical title

  • no, Teflon (or generally big Fluoropolymers) are not the problem. Ingesting them does nothing to you, because as long, chemically inert polymers they just pass through you from one end to the other

  • The problem are perfluoroalkyl acids: C8 (PFOA) and later substitutes such as C6/GenX, PFOS, PFHA, PFHxS which are chemicals used to start the Teflon polymerization. They are short-chained carbon-fluorine molecules that coincidentally mimic the structure of fatty acids, thus can accumulate in our bodies without a way for our bodies to break them down.

  • These chemicals leach into the environment from factories and accumulate in everything, to the point that the whole water cycle has been contaminated (yes that shit comes down everywhere with the rain)

  • There is conclusive proof that PFOA exposure is linked to a number of organ damage and cancers, particularly testicular cancer and kidney cancer, with likely links to lung and pancreatic cancer not reflected in the study due to survivor bias (they died before the study was concluded)

  • bstix@feddit.dk
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    2 months ago

    For anyone who can’t be bothered to watch the entire 1 hour episode: It’s not really about frying pans.

    The PFAs are everywhere by now. Butter on a pan will do jack shit to save you. It’s really fucked up. You should watch the video.

    • meme_historian@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Yup your most likely sources are stuff like:

      • your water supply
      • any coated paper materials coming into contact with (hot) food and beverages, eg. Burger wrappers, coated paper coffee cups, microwave popcorn, pizza boxes, etc.
      • Skeezix@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        We didn’t poison the whole planet so our eggs wont stick. A small number of people poisoned the planet to get rich

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    2 months ago

    We did not do anything. A very small group of people indeed knowingly and willingly poisoned the earth for a bunch of monies.

    You’d think they’d be jailed for that, but here we are

  • Constant Pain@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    “We poisoned the planet”

    Fuck off! Unscrupulous greed industrialists poisoned the planet knowingly and tried to hide or minimize the fact from the public.

  • vext01@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 months ago

    I’ve not watched the video, but the wording/tone/language of the title stinks of sensationalism and pseudo-science.

    If I were to click it, which I won’t, I imagine it’d be clickbait and/or nothing to do with eggs or pans.

    EDIT: Based on feedback. I did click. The actual video title is “How one company secretly poisoned the planet” and despite sounding a bit clickbaity, it’s actually on-topic.

    I guess my BS detector has been on overdrive recently.

    EDIT 2: I watched the whole video and now I feel sad.

    • Jessica@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      English
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      2 months ago

      You really shouldn’t comment on the content of a video that you purposely have not watched. It comes across as smug and ignorant. Veritasium videos are well researched, and he does his best to not sensationalize. To suggest that he would promote pseudo-science is absolutely laughable.

      Do better.

    • Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone
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      2 months ago

      It’s a veritasium video, titled how one company poisoned the world.

      Still click bait but it’s youtube and they have the mighty algorithm to answer too.

      Good video well produced and worth the watch

  • pixxelkick@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I haven’t actually yet seen any conclusive proof that PFAS are poisonous to ingest, however

    Sure, it’s present everywhere, and I wouldn’t be shocked if we found out it’s bad for us.

    But it has to actually be a poison to call it poison.

    Pollutant? For sure. Poison? No proof of that yet. Just very annoying but the very principle that makes it hard to scrub out of water (very non reactive and tiny) is also what makes it seem to, so far, show no negative side effects on stuff.

    It’s there but kinda just, doing nothing as far as we can see… so far

    We need more funding into studies on it.