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Johonny

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Tue Mar-01-05 08:21 PM
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14. Silicone

is natural. SiO2 found in nature. Only dangerous as a particulate. Very unlikely to be extremely harmful or life on earth not possible.

Teflon. Harder to say. Strong C-F bond makes it rather chemically inert. Fluorine is not a good leaving group making it unlikely to be a mutagen. However upon heating can release C-Fs which I think are a little scary.

My gut chemical instinct says care more about the perchlorate in your drinking water than these two things!

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