Pesticides, Teflon, and What's Wrong with Our Chemical Policies

By Matthew Wheeland
Published May 13, 2009

PFOA aka Teflon

Anonymous, May 14, 2009 - 07:15

Matthew Wheeland equates the two substances in his recent posting on chemical policy, which I entirely agree with. However, equating perfluorooctanoic acid with polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon) is a major error for an environmental (or any) journalist. PFOA is used as a processing aid (it's a great surfactant) in the manufacture of Teflon products, but the two are not equivalent.

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