Serum concentrations of PFASs and exposure-related behaviors in women (opens in new tab)

(nature.com)

8 pointsglennon7y ago7 comments

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Besides containing Teflon, those coated flosses just don't work as well.

For me, most dental floss shreds between one particularly irksome pair of teeth in my mouth. So Glide-style floss is the only type that works.

mimixco7y ago

I have that problem, too, but I'm not willing to put PTFE in my body over two crammed teeth. :-)

masonic7y ago

Actual title: "Serum concentrations of PFASs and exposure-related behaviors in African American and non-Hispanic white women"

sctb7y ago

We've updated the title from the submitted “Dental flossing linked with higher levels of PFAS in the body”.

glennonOP7y ago

All good. Of course my descriptive headline was intended to emphasize the findings of the study. The journal article title simply offers that research has taken place -- and thus, is not nearly as useful. It would have been possible to link to a news article that interpreted the study (and had a 'catchy' title), but I thought HN readers would prefer a primary source. Regards!

example catchy title: 'Oral-B Glide floss tied to potentially toxic PFAS chemicals, study suggests' https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/09/oral-b...

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mimixco7y ago

Besides containing Teflon, those coated flosses just don't work as well.

glennonOP7y ago

For me, most dental floss shreds between one particularly irksome pair of teeth in my mouth. So Glide-style floss is the only type that works.

mimixco7y ago

I have that problem, too, but I'm not willing to put PTFE in my body over two crammed teeth. :-)

masonic7y ago

Actual title: "Serum concentrations of PFASs and exposure-related behaviors in African American and non-Hispanic white women"

sctb7y ago

We've updated the title from the submitted “Dental flossing linked with higher levels of PFAS in the body”.

glennonOP7y ago

example catchy title: 'Oral-B Glide floss tied to potentially toxic PFAS chemicals, study suggests' https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/09/oral-b...

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