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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.


You're not disagreeing with each other




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