Georg Rockall-Schmidt's video: How Teflon Poisoned the World

Hello! This is the story of how Polytetrafluoroethylene, brand name Teflon, has poisoned almost the entire world with Perfluorooctanoic acid, PFOA, which is cancer-causing. The amount of PFOA in the average person isn't necessarily harmful, but nevertheless PFOA can be found in dolphins in Florida, the rain in Tibet, household dust, and food and water. It's basically everywhere. Yay. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/GeorgRockallSchmidt Twitter: https://twitter.com/grockallschmidt Sources: EPA Advisory Landing Page https://www.epa.gov/sdwa/drinking-water-health-advisories-genx-chemicals-and-pfbs EPA proposes regulation https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/03/14/toxic-chemicals-water-epa-pfas-regulations-pfoa-pfna-pfhxs-pfbs-genx Federal Register EPA Plan summary https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/29/2023-05471/pfas-national-primary-drinking-water-regulation-rulemaking NC EPA GENX https://www.wral.com/story/epa-sets-stricter-standards-for-genx-other-forever-chemicals-in-nc-drinking-water/20332202/ EPA GenX Toxicity Report https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-03/GenX-Toxicity-Assessment-factsheet-March-2023-update.pdf PFAS EPA Roadmap https://www.epa.gov/pfas/pfas-strategic-roadmap-epas-commitments-action-2021-2024 PFOA In rain worldwide https://cen.acs.org/environment/persistent-pollutants/PFOA-rain-worldwide-exceeds-EPA/100/i27 PFOA PFOS in China https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19775722/ EWG- PFC https://www.ewg.org/research/pfcs-global-contaminants CDC PFOA Fact Sheet https://www.cdc.gov/biomonitoring/PFOA_FactSheet.html American Cancer Society – PFOA https://www.cancer.org/cancer/risk-prevention/chemicals/teflon-and-perfluorooctanoic-acid-pfoa.html 3M Taves 1975 Document https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21193237-mn-3m-guys-paper 1977 Fluoride In Blood Timeline https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/4570511-MN-3M-1977-Fluorine-in-Blood-Timeline.html 3M Knew About Dangers – The Intercept https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/3m-pfas-minnesota-pfoa-pfos/ Teflon's Toxic Legacy – EcoWatch https://www.ecowatch.com/teflons-toxic-legacy-dupont-knew-for-decades-it-was-contaminating-wate-1882142514.html C8 Suspected In Birth Defects – Delaware Online https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2016/04/02/c8-suspected-birth-defects-one-womans-story/81473242/ Roanoke River Contamination https://roanoke.com/news/local/source-of-forever-chemical-in-the-roanoke-river-traced-to-elliston-plant/article_e7953262-613e-11ed-baad-bb83787f5da8.html NCBI – Forever Chemicals in Blood Stats https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2072821/ Agency for Toxic Substances And Disease Registry – PFAS Study https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/us-population.html Rob Bilott – NYT Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/10/magazine/the-lawyer-who-became-duponts-worst-nightmare.html