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Re:Gore-TEX, a lightweight, waterproof fabric made from the ... by VygmraMGVl on Friday November 25, 2022 @05:15PM (#33747398)
The title says this is expanded PTFE, which seems like it wouldn't need an additional PFOTS coating. I doubt it would shed similar small molecules to a PFOTS coating as it's a different material (polymerized tetrafluoroethylene).

I also doubt you would get similar endocrine disruption with PTFE polymerization biproducts since you won't have the "polar head/fluorinated tail" structure that PFOTS has.

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