Economic+and+Political+Impact

The rise of concern for PFOA has effected Daikin, a big manufacturer of the chemical. The company is planning to replace PFOA with alternative fluoropolymers and fluoroelastomers products with a non-PFOA processing aid. However, PFOA isn’t necessarily easy to replace. There are some manufacturers that started using different technologies that don’t use PFOA, but unfortunately this technology doesn’t work in certain situations. For the time being every country exports and uses PFOA but many places like Osaka, Japan and California are planning to stop manufacturing the product due to human health concerns. If PFOA was to be banned PFOA would have a huge affect on the average American. The chemical is essential for processing the manufacture of fluoropolymers and telomers; which are used in aerospace, automotive, construction, cleaning care, water repellent, electronics, textile industries, etc. Although some products could do without the chemical there would still be a big affect no longer allowing the use of Teflon, PAM, various stain resisters, and hundred of other products that carry Fluorpolymers.