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sizzletoday at 6:24 PM2 repliesview on HN

Does aluminum foil contain PFAS and does cooking on them on the grill for example expose the food to forever chemicals?


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jml7c5today at 8:34 PM

No, there should be no PFAS. The surface will be covered in trace amounts of oil from production, but other than that it should be entirely aluminum alloy.

https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2025-04/foil-stud...

kragentoday at 6:53 PM

It does not, but aluminum oxide is even more of a "forever chemical" than teflon is, though less so than, for example, the nitrogen that constitutes 78% of the atmosphere.

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