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Maryland sues W.L. Gore, citing decades of PFAS pollution from 13 Elkton-area sites
To make Gore-Tex and other products, Gore uses a PFAS compound called expanded PTFE. For many years, that compound was manufactured using a harmful chemical called PFOA, which is now one of the ...
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Gore-Tex: Inventor of waterproof fabric Robert Gore dies aged 83
Robert Gore discovered that by yanking a material called PTFE, the polymer stretched by 1,000% to create a microporous structure. WL Gore & Associates Robert Gore discovered that PTFE could be ...