- lab equipment since they’re extremely non reactive
- semiconductor manufacturing for the same reason as above
- coatings inside engines/hot, high wear areas, far prolonging their lives
- rubber seals preventing chemical leaks (oil, gas, antifreeze, etc)
… the list goes on. Yeah they’re a non stick coating for pans but they’re also used in an incredible number of other places.
How about we get rid of nonstick pans, gore Tex jackets and significantly reduce fluorine chemisty?
Like what? I don't think you can turn PEEK or UHWMPE into a rubber like substance...
EDIT:
If you meant that I cant turn PEEK into a plastic (as in having plasticity) - sure.
But read my comment carefully. Im not saying fluorinated polymers don't have their use cases. Im just saying that for many (but not all!) applications of perfluorinated polymers, there are alternative ways of doing things. For example wool and stainless steel make excellent alternatives for jackets and frying pans.
Should nuclear (re)processing plants ditch teflon when dealing with UF6? Probably not. Should my gas fittings need teflon tape? No, alternatives exist.
As it is, if you buy a “ceramic” pan, you get some teflon knockoff instead of Le Creuset style stuff.
That'd be a hard sell though since it seems like part of the issue was manufacturers burying research and denying any knowledge of problems while selling these chemicals as a miracle cure of sorts
These chemicals were put into basically everything, like asbestos was. Cleaning products, spray grease, fabrics, paper, shampoo and cosmetics, stain-resistant coatings.
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