As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of 'forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute.

  • @phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    2311 months ago

    can’t be replaced… By something that works as well, is as cheap and most importantly : makes them as much money.

    Were without these chemicals before, we can so again.

    • Richard
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      411 months ago

      Yes, if you want technological regression.

      • @phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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        211 months ago

        What would that be, exactly?

        Because from where I’m sitting it mostly looks like we’d end up paying a little more for things, having things that might stick a little more, that sort of thing.

        Between that and having pfas in my body, I’ll go for being slightly inconvenienced

      • BeautifulMind ♾️
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        211 months ago

        Yes, if you want technological regression.

        You know, when I learned about the problems associated with non-stick cookware, I stopped buying that shit and replaced mine with cast iron, steel, and ceramic-coated cast iron. That might be regression in someone’s book but really the cookware I’m using now isn’t going to wear out in a couple of years, these things will last the better part of forever- and keeping them seasoned is not difficult once you know how to do it.

        I also don’t miss the lead in gas or paint, the asbestos in construction material, industrial coolants based on CFCs, or DDT-based insecticides, or thalidomide-based anti-emetics.