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I've used PTFE dental floss for decades, and recently diagnosed with a thyroid condition. I wonder if there could be a connection. This test will at least give me an idea of my blood levels of PFAS.

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Honestly, the dental floss is the most fucked PFAS application out of all of them.

No, that is incorrect. PTFE is not a PFAS (it's chemically related, but is not the same).

You are perfectly fine with PTFE dental floss - it has no reactive PFAS components in it.

Interesting.

Take that with a grain of salt

That is not a good recommendation and is also incorrect

PTFE, the material, does not contain PFAS in bulk form.

That's the end.

Floss, as a product, could contain any number of compounds related to the manufacturing, packaging and coating.

What floss should one use to avoid these chemicals?

There's no PFAS labeling requirements and i bet a lot of the manufacturers lie anyways. I have no idea.

I went with Grin because they said it's PFAS free. Best I could do.

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