Best Rain Jackets in the World Will Soon Be Illegal

Re:Best Rain Jackets in the World Will Soon Be Illegal by fnordpiglet on Monday February 26, 2024 @12:44AM (#39508008)

Most of the waterproofing in jackets comes from ePTFE, which while fluorine is in it, is not dangerous at all. There are other PFCs that go into Goretex that are of concern, but to my understanding all were eliminated in the production of goretex in 2023. To my understanding there’s no remaining reason to worry about ePTFE based jackets made from Goretex either in its use, degradation over time, or its production.

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Re:Best Rain Jackets in the World Will Soon Be Illegal by anon373839 on Monday February 26, 2024 @05:59AM (#39509854)

Isn’t Glide dental floss made with Gore-Tex? I wonder if I should be concerned about using it.

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Re:Best Rain Jackets in the World Will Soon Be Illegal by fnordpiglet on Monday February 26, 2024 @06:04AM (#39509890)

No, it’s made out of PTFE which is what ePTFE is made out of. But Goretex has other layers. PTFE is absurdly safe and one of the more non reactive substances. It’s also got the lowest known coefficient of friction with most things. It’s also called Teflon, which has a bad reputation because of how it was made 30 years ago, which involved PFAs. But its process for production has been different for 15 or more years, and no longer uses PFAs by law. But a bad reputation once earned is hard to shake.

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Re:Best Rain Jackets in the World Will Soon Be Illegal by anon373839 on Monday February 26, 2024 @06:21AM (#39510001)

Thanks for the info!

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