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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by aazaa on Monday December 28, 2020 @10:19AM (#25559829)
The Intercept did an in-depth series on this:

https://theintercept.com/2015/08/11/dupont-chemistry-decepti...

Truly despicable behavior from one of the world's largest and oldest companies.

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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by gurrone on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:27AM (#25560473)
The original video footage which belongs to the article series is frightening https://vimeo.com/136529193
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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by pbhjpbhj on Monday December 28, 2020 @03:20PM (#25562780)
It's there a reason you don't mention the company, which I assume is DuPont, by name.

So often I see comments "this company is awful", or whatever, which don't even refer to the name of the company; which I find most strange.

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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by boomboomsubban on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:54PM (#25566885)
I assume it's because they said that immediately after a link featuring "dupont-chemistry-deception" making it seem like the previous sentence called them out by name. The link then got shortened when posted, and whether it says "dupont" depends on how you view the post.
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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by xyst on Monday December 28, 2020 @11:05AM (#25560254)
I still see many houses and new construction wrapped in Tyvek material. We are fucked.
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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by redprince on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:32PM (#25561100)
Tyvek is made from polyethylene. No fluorocarbons in there.
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Re:Chemicals called PFAS and PFOS are in the blood of virtua... by sgerenser on Monday December 28, 2020 @12:48PM (#25561269)
There’s nothing wrong/concerning with Tyvek housewrap, unless you just don’t like the idea of using DuPont products in general.
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