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[–] [email protected] 60 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

DuPont has poisoned the entire planet with PFAs.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago

The situation is dire, since plastics slowly break into smaller and smaller pieces that get everywhere, including our atmosphere. I recommend the book "A Poison Like No Other" by Matt Simon for details, but it's a very uncomfortable read.

https://islandpress.org/books/poison-no-other

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

3M is the inventor and supplier I thought. DuPont just bought it and sold it. And then covered it up for literal decades.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

DuPont is the one that dumped mass quantities of it into our waterways.