Teflon Move Over

[xman]

I am rarely shocked, but always amazed at this twenty-first century of our making.

[Bob C]

I saw that stuff on the Today show. It works, but it clearly stained the suit they used to demonstrate it. The hosts also complained about the smell.

[tripleblessed]

Amazing technology, but I wonder about the wisdom of applying to clothing. Teflon has been identified in the blood and organs of
people in remote areas of Siberia, where no teflon has been imported or used. No one is certain what that means as to the health
of the people, or what interference it causes in the operations of our bodies. If it's that pervasive and this goes beyond, I have an
idea your body would wish you to give it a pass.

[artificer]

Oh man, I totally would have coated my drysuit in this stuff!

The technology is very impressive, but like tripleblessed I too wonder about absorption by the body.

And OMG, whatever you do, wear a mask if you're spraying this stuff. I cannot imagine the havoc it would wreak on lung tissue.

ith:

[rondo]

Oh man, I totally would have coated my drysuit in this stuff!

The technology is very impressive, but like tripleblessed I too wonder about absorption by the body.

And OMG, whatever you do, wear a mask if you're spraying this stuff. I cannot imagine the havoc it would wreak on lung tissue.

ith:

That is likely why it is done in a 2 part process.
Rondo

[Father Bill]

I never worry about the stuff they know things like this will do; I worry about the things they don't know... yet. Similarly, it's not even what they can prove, since it's impossible to prove a negative, that is, you can't prove that it's done nothing, you can only prove what it has done when it's already done it.

*Sigh*

[LitTrog]

Teflon has been identified in the blood and organs of
people in remote areas of Siberia, where no teflon has been imported or used.

Recently, a DuPont whistleblower revealed that Teflon is actually a compound harvested from the Yukaghir tribes in NE Siberia. Their original territory was much further south, near the area of the Tunguska event. Trees and rocks in that region still repel the animal excrement which usually coats natural structures in every other part of the world, leading scientists to believe that high concentrations of carbon and fluorine attached themselves to the DNA of these people, even as they fled the site.

In 1938, Roy Plunkett accidentally struck a pedestrian in New Jersey on his way to work. The man he struck was a young Soviet diplomat who happened to be of Yukaghir descent. The man was only slightly injured, but the spot on Punkett's hood upon which he bled seemed impervious to water and bug splats. After some investigation, the tie between ethnicity and Polytetrafluoroethylene became undeniable. Since then, DuPont has engaged in a campaign of Teflon collection, bleeding these tribes to the point of lethargy to coat the pots and pans we find so useful in our kitchens. So, really, this is more of an ethical issue than a health issue.

Teflon is peeepulll...PEEEPULLLLLL!

[PodKiDo]

That was an extreme effort for a Soilent Green joke. Well done!