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Got Plastic With a No. 2 Recycling Symbol? Beware a Toxic Problem

By Esmé E. Deprez · Bloomberg.com · September 2023
Got Plastic With a No. 2 Recycling Symbol? Beware a Toxic Problem
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"A little-known American company has been giving plastic a special touch called fluorination for 40 years. After the EPA discovered treated containers can leach “forever chemicals,” the company refused to stop."

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