> MOSLEY: So those anti-wrinkle finishes and the finishes to prevent mildew and mold and things like that, we're talking about formaldehyde and Teflon were used as chemical finishing as well, right?<p>> WICKER: Yes. So Teflon is the brand name for water and stain repellent finishes, and that's PFAS, which you might know has been in the news lately because it's been found in the water of half of all Americans. And part of the reason why it's in the water of so many Americans is because there are still manufacturers in the United States of textiles for clothing, performance clothing, uniforms and furniture that use this stain-repellent chemistry, and then they put it in the water. And there's nothing illegal about that.<p>Man, Gell-Mann amnesia is awful. That is... not what Teflon is, or how the PFAS problems have arisen, and anyone who would say or approve those two paragraphs comes across as having no bloody clue what they're talking about. Now I don't trust the rest of the article, even if its argument seems generally sound!<p>(That said: <i>never</i> buy from the six-letter "brands" on Amazon and friends if there is <i>any</i> other source for that item. There is no reason to deal with those guys, and so many reasons not to do it. They usually aren't even the factories, they're just middlemen! Factories at least try to build decent reputations.)