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user-inactivated · 3398 days ago · link · · parent · post: The Teflon Toxin: DuPont and the Chemistry of Deception
So DuPont could have definitely done a lot better job of protecting their workers. Just as a matter of curiosity I calculated the LD50 based off of the monkey experiment. They gave the lethal dose at 1 oz./150 lb. That is equal to 28.3495 g/68.0389 kg. .4167g/kg or more standardly 416mg/kg. Aspirin's lethal dose is 200mg/kg to give perspective. It looks like doses of chronic exposure and through inhalation would be a lot more important and would have affected the workers a lot more than a consumer buying Teflon, but this article isn't written with that in mind.