Originally Posted by
maddog34
PTFE is one of the best-known and widely applied
PFAS commonly described as persistent organic pollutants or "forever chemicals". Only since the start of the 21st century has the environmental impact and toxicity to human and mammalian life been studied in depth.
Seriously... it's Cancerous .. have you ever experienced Cancer? You probably will... from Teflon or any number of other nasty chemicals.
personally, I have skin cancer.... three types!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polytetrafluoroethylene
A bit too much fear mongering there. While some perflouroalkyl substances
may be toxic, we don’t really know which ones nor how toxic they are. It’s a reasonably safe bet to say that polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE) isn’t. It is a very stable polymer that doesn’t react with much of anything. Being a “forever chemical” may sound scary but the “forever” part means that the chemical is highly stable and
not prone to reactivity. Lack of reactivity means that it is less likely to cause cancer.
The wax itself is much more likely to contain cancerous chemicals than the added Teflon and it isn’t likely to contain much.
Want some
real fear mongering? Any number of the fluids used in an automobile has far more likelihood to cause cancer than PFAS will. Gasoline alone contains huge quantities of benzene as a percentage of weight which is a known carcinogen.