The poster children of “forever chemicals”, PFASs, are not plastics. I’m not defending plastics as utterly harmless, but it’s wrong to point the finger solely at plastics.
An example in a category isn’t the same as your original claim of “this one word is how they allowed toxic chemicals to seep in”. And you’re confusing the drinking water contaminated with PFASs with the plastic contaminated with phthalates and PCBs.
The poster children of “forever chemicals”, PFASs, are not plastics. I’m not defending plastics as utterly harmless, but it’s wrong to point the finger solely at plastics.
The first thing the article cites was related to platic products like water bottles.
But sure lets play platics police instead of reading the article.
It’s an article about a boatload of products, and plastics absolutely are referenced and fit in that category of products.
The first thing the article cites is perfluorooctanoic acid, a PFAS compound, and their examples of its use are pans, carpets, shoes, and coats.
An example in a category isn’t the same as your original claim of “this one word is how they allowed toxic chemicals to seep in”. And you’re confusing the drinking water contaminated with PFASs with the plastic contaminated with phthalates and PCBs.