Non-stick surfaceA non-stick surface is engineered to reduce the ability of other materials to stick to it. Non-stick cookware is a common application, where the non-stick coating allows food to brown without sticking to the pan. Non-stick is often used to refer to surfaces coated with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), a well-known brand of which is Teflon. In the twenty-first century, other coatings have been marketed as non-stick, such as anodized aluminium, silica, enameled cast iron, and seasoned cookware.
FluorotélomèreFluorotelomers are fluorocarbon-based oligomers, or telomers, synthesized by telomerization. Some fluorotelomers and fluorotelomer-based compounds are a source of environmentally persistent perfluorinated carboxylic acids such as PFOA and PFNA, while others are under extended investigation. There are many broad categories of fluorotelomers: Fluorotelomer alcohols (FTOH) Fluorotelomer ethoxylates (FTEO) Fluorotelomer fumarates Fluorotelomer methacrylates (FTMAC) Fluorotelomer sulphonates (FTS) In the radical telomerization of fluorotelomer molecules, a variety of fluorinated alkenes can serve as unsaturated taxogens including tetrafluoroethylene, vinylidene fluoride, chlorotrifluoroethylene, and hexafluoropropene.
Perturbateur endocrinienvignette|Comparaison de la structure moléculaire de l'estradiol (à gauche) avec celle d'un perturbateur endocrinien xénoestrogène (à droite) Un perturbateur endocrinien (PE, ou aussi « leurre hormonal », « xénohormone », « disrupteur endocrinien ») est une molécule ou un agent chimique composé, xénobiotique ayant des propriétés hormono-mimétiques et décrit comme cause d'anomalies physiologiques, et notamment reproductives. L'expression a été créée en 1991 par Theo Colborn .
