PTFE is not harmless in the body - the body cannot break it down - and there is no independent study showing it as such.
"PTFE is so safe that it is frequently used in the medical profession to coat pacemakers and the tiny tubes made to replace arteries" was written by a 3M corp comms flunky.
And only means that it’s much safer than dying from complications of having a medical device embedded in your chest. Which is much safer than dropping dead from a second heart attack.
This is what we like to call “faint praise”.
Teflon: much much safer than a second heart attack.
Wouldn't it also be used to coat pacemakers etc specifically because the body can't break it down? Having teflon around a pacemaker is a different thing than it accumulating in random places in the body.
"PTFE is so safe that it is frequently used in the medical profession to coat pacemakers and the tiny tubes made to replace arteries" was written by a 3M corp comms flunky.