As lawmakers around the world weigh bans of 'forever chemicals,” many manufacturers are pushing back, saying there often is no substitute.

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    11 months ago

    Electrical fires don’t generate their own oxygen.

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      11 months ago

      Well, normal electric fires don’t but, as @Vodik_VDK@lemmy.world already quoted, lithium-ion battery fires do generate their own oxygen

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        11 months ago

        That was my point to. I guess I wasn’t clear enough.

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        11 months ago

        I don’t know that it is a good thing. It just means you can’t use baking soda to out it out.