Naut's Tidbits & Snippets: Perhaps he should have chucked it out instead...

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Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Perhaps he should have chucked it out instead...

"In 1938 DuPont Chemist Roy Plunkett opened a dud canister of tetrafluoroethylene gas and discovered an amazing, nearly friction-free white powder. He named it Teflon. In 2005 the Environmental Protection Agency identified a Teflon ingredient, perfluorooctanoic acid, as a 'likely carcinogen.' It is... Sign in to see full entry.

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