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Serum concentrations of PFASs and exposure-related behaviors in women

• mimixco 8y ago
  Besides containing Teflon, those coated flosses just don't work as well.
  • glennon 8y 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.
    • mimixco 8y ago
      I have that problem, too, but I'm not willing to put PTFE in my body over two crammed teeth. :-)
• masonic 8y ago
  Actual title: "Serum concentrations of PFASs and exposure-related behaviors in African American and non-Hispanic white women"
  • sctb 8y ago
    We've updated the title from the submitted “Dental flossing linked with higher levels of PFAS in the body”.
    • glennon 8y 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-glide-floss-toxic-pfas-chemicals-study/2530661002/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/01/09/oral-b...
      • masonic 8y ago
        Your "more descriptive" headline was misleading; floss was only one of four itemized factors, the more important of which was coatings on food containers.