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PFAS in ski wax: Despite bans, these forever chemicals linger in wax rooms—so does their health risk
- June 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
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For more than 30 years, manufacturers of ski and snowboard waxes have used PFAS—per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances—to make skis and snowboards glide faster over snow. These synthetic chemicals were highly effective and common in competitive racing just about everywhere.
Originally published at Phys.org