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Banned chemicals could not be replaced with similar, harmful chemicals

By Hicbd
Tue Oct 5 2021 9:06 am

"DuPont introduced GenX in 2009 to replace PFOA, also known as C8, a chemical it had used for decades in North Carolina, West Virginia, and other locations to make Teflon and other products...Though DuPont presented GenX as a safer alternative to PFOA, the chemical has been associated with some of the same health problems, as The Intercept reported in 2016."

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https://theintercept.com/2018/01/25/epa-genx-chemours-west-virginia/
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/hsph-in-the-news/harmful-chemicals-removed-from-products-often-replaced-with-something-as-bad-or-worse/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/stop-playing-whack-a-mole-with-hazardous-chemicals/2016/12/15/9a357090-bb36-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html

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Pesticides / Herbicides Cancer U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) / Environmental Regulation Environmental Chemicals Government Regulation / Oversight Lawsuits / Personal Injury DuPont (company) Bayer / Monsanto (company)

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