<story><title>3M Knew About the Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago, Internal Documents Show</title><url>https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/3m-pfas-minnesota-pfoa-pfos/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>UnderProtest</author><text>This headline isn&amp;#x27;t exactly accurate and the article is misleading. PFOA was used in the process of affixing Teflon to surfaces but is not present in the pan itself. PFOA has built up in the environment as a result of the manufacturing processes that use it.&lt;p&gt;It would be more accurate to say &amp;quot;3M knew that manufacturing non-stick pans, and a number of other products, was poisoning all of us in the &amp;#x27;70s&amp;quot;.&lt;p&gt;You didn&amp;#x27;t have to have a Teflon pan to be exposed and having a Teflon pan didn&amp;#x27;t increase your exposure significantly. Microwave popcorn bags and other food wrappers were hundreds of times worse.&lt;p&gt;Teflon pans remain safe to use. All these other non-stick products are potential problems but it&amp;#x27;s impractical to try to identify which ones have PFOA or PFOS... so it&amp;#x27;s a good thing it&amp;#x27;s being phased out.</text></comment>
<story><title>3M Knew About the Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago, Internal Documents Show</title><url>https://theintercept.com/2018/07/31/3m-pfas-minnesota-pfoa-pfos/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>fhood</author><text>Sad, but hardly surprising. It sometimes seems like every company in this position did similar things. Tobacco, Oil, CFCs, Leaded gasoline etc... I&amp;#x27;m sure I could come up with others if I looked.&lt;p&gt;This is why I don&amp;#x27;t understand many of the arguments against federal regulation. I know regulation hurts the economy and makes doing business harder. I understand. But most corporations will not self-regulate even when people&amp;#x27;s lives are at stake.</text></comment>