90% of “eco-friendly” paper straws contain traces of toxic forever chemicals
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#2why should stainless steel require pfas?
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#3why should stainless steel require pfas?
To provide additional resistance to corrosion/staining.
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#4why should stainless steel require pfas?
Well there wasn’t any PFAS with the stainless steel straws.
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#5See also 86 comments a day ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37256484
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#7why should stainless steel require pfas?
Stainless steel is expensive, roughly a factor of 10 compared to plain steel. The reason is that Chromium is expensive. You can use low-chromium not-so-stainless steel if you then coat it with transparent paint containing among other things, PFAS, and save a ton of money on the material.
Edit: the prototypical stainless steel is Cr/Ni 18/10 with 18% chromium and 10% nickel, aka V2A or 1.4301
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#8why should stainless steel require pfas?
Where did someone suggest it did?
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#9Consumer solutions for saving the planet result in greenwashing (distraction from actual meaningful change), new poisons, and growing waste through growing demand. Ecology isn't simply making correct purchasing decisions even if they feel good.
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#10Did anybody check paper cups?