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[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 58 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Oh great. And in a decade they will tell us that the company that made it already knew for 3 decades how horrible it was.

[–] voodoocode@feddit.de 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The production of Zyklon B was not enough of a crime against humanity huh.

But the company will undoubtedly spin off another company and divest from the chemical in question.

Not that Bayer isn't full of shit, but the company that inherited the producer of Zyklon B did not end up in Bayer

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't have the full article, do they mention Bayer? TΓ©flon does its own fair share of damages

[–] voodoocode@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is not about Teflon which you're right is one of the 10000 other forever chemicals. The specific case mentions TFA coming from pesticides. Largest Agrochemistry producer is Bayer.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 1 points 1 year ago

Ah I see thanks, I guess I need to learn more about pfas

[–] Flughoernchen@feddit.de 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The EU started to heavily regulate some PFAS in 2010, others following on the heels. The regulations include a heavy focus on handling and waste management in order to minimize the potential of exposure and contamination. The plan to get rid of PFAS entirely has been around ever since. So yeah, they've known it's horrible.

[–] Badeendje@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Dutch tv had a whole documentary on how pfas contaminated soil is mixed with other soils and then dumped in artificial ponds or lakes we created winning sand.

[–] Miaou@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago

People from a Teflon factory were protesting pfas ban in cookingware so you can add weak leadership on top of that

[–] Norgur@fedia.io 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't we just dump more nitrite into the groundwater through cow feces to make this go away?

[–] Noodle07@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I don't know if it will work but we sure are trying to