• renzev@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Nah, no need to bring those back. The role is already filled by microplastics and PFAS

    • carpelbridgesyndrome
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      Pretty sure neither of those are new. Synthetic clothing and tires started after WWII. PFAS were used in nylon at the time and teflon was invented in 1938.