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		cies 9 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cooking with black plastic is particularly crucial... When you scratch them, and bits PTFE come loose, and you eat those bits, will they simply bee excreted, or will your body absorb (some of) it and never excrete it?

positr0n 9 months ago | [–]

It'll slide through your intestines smoother than basically anything else you could possibly swallow :-)

GrantMoyer 9 months ago | [–]

Many medical implants are made of PTFE because of how inert it is.

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