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[–] prenatal_confusion@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

No argument there, rub two things together and there is going to be debris of some kind.

The thing you said about the body reacting to and not with the particles got me thinking. You are absolutely right about that since asbestos causes exactly the same problem by not being degraded. It is safe to assume PTFE creates a similar effect.