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minus-squareDolores [love/loves]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-228 days ago forever chemical plastics plastics are not “forever chemicals” god that term fucking sucks
minus-squareun_mask_me [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·28 days agoHope you have a better day tomorrow.
minus-squaresinstrium [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoThey should have just called them polyfluoroalkyls or something, but no “forever chemicals” just sounds more like dooooooooooomm
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·28 days agoi can appreciate journalists can’t say technical words but the emphasis is on the wrong characteristic and clearly people confuse the term for other things that are long-lasting. couldda called em cancer juice
plastics are not “forever chemicals” god that term fucking sucks
Hope you have a better day tomorrow.
They should have just called them polyfluoroalkyls or something, but no “forever chemicals” just sounds more like dooooooooooomm
i can appreciate journalists can’t say technical words but the emphasis is on the wrong characteristic and clearly people confuse the term for other things that are long-lasting. couldda called em cancer juice