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PFAS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on PFAS, the 'forever chemicals' linked to health problems. It covers their widespread use in products like nonstick coatings and repellent fabrics and the limits of regulation.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN points to it as a well-researched, accessible overview of PFAS in PFAS-related threads.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- LastWeekTonight
- Topic
- pfas chemicals
- Format
- commentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 6
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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Last week, on Last Week Tonight, John Oliver talks about PFAS, which was very interesting. Not only teflon, but all kind of repellent fabrics like Gore-tex: [VIDEO]
725686 on Hacker News · 2021-10
In Why birds can fly over Mount Everest (2020)John Oliver (I know he's not everyone's cup of tea, but he does his homework) did an episode on these, last year: [VIDEO]
ChrisMarshallNY on Hacker News · 2022-06
In EPA: 'Forever chemicals' pose risk even at low levelsI thought that too. There is a video by John Oliver talking about PFAS and the other hundred or so variants of these compounds. [1] There are other videos talking about how companies can still use these compounds because the EPA only outlawed about 3 …
LinuxBender on Hacker News · 2022-12
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