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This stuff drives me insane.

Things like "BPA-free!" almost always translates to "We replaced it with something that's probably worse!"

At some point, we have to figure out a way to crack down on companies that knowingly just switch from one troublesome chemical to a lightly tweaked version of the same thing.

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We need a federal analogue act for industrial chemicals. Or, better yet, do what the EU reportedly does, and demand safety tests before allowing novel chemicals to be used, instead of 30 years later after someone notices the 1000% increase of obscure cancer rates near the Chemours plant.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Analogue_Act

Just ban entire elements. There's no need to include fluorine in any consumer packaging or in any products that can leach into the environment.

Just whitelist certain chemicals and uses eg. toothpaste fluorides.

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