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Trojan, the brand that was claimed to be the #1 condom in the US has now lost its spot, it seems. Recent reports state that these condoms contain “forever chemicals” and are considered unfit for human usage.

Plaintiff Matthew Goodman made this claim in a proposed class action lawsuit filed in Manhattan on Monday against the manufacturing company Church & Dwight.

As per Goodman, after the independent lab testing of the Trojan Ultra-Thin, the presence of organic fluorine was identified in the product. This suggests that PFAS is present in the products. Is this really a cause for concern? Dive deeper into this Must-Read.

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“It’s like saying rectangles are a marker for squares because all squares are also rectangles,” Andrea Love, an immunologist, microbiologist, and science communicator, told Newsweek, adding that there are lots of other chemicals that are not PFAS that have organic fluorine (C-F bonds).

These include several medications, such as fluoxetine (Prozac), atorvastatin (Lipitor), and fluticasone (Flonase). Many commonly used anesthetics contain organic fluorine.

According to Love it’s actually misleading to group the PFAS. They are a category of chemicals that consists of lots of different substances. “Some might pose a risk to people at certain exposures, but saying they’re all ‘bad’ is like saying all mushrooms are bad. Many PFAS do not pose risks to human health, and also contain organic fluorine, like Teflon (PTFE)” she said.  

🔋 Breakthrough glass generates energy: Car windows, mobile screens to charge batteries

Researchers have developed a new method that can directly charge a battery from a smartphone screen. Developed by a research team affiliated with UNIST, the method can directly supply energy from glass of buildings, cars, and mobile devices through transparent solar cells.

The new type of transparent solar cell and module offers high efficiency and maintains glass-like colorless and transparent properties.

The transparent solar cell secured colorless and transparentness by introducing an ‘all-back-contact’ design that places all the components of the solar cell on the back. It has achieved high efficiency and aesthetics that transparent solar cells must have at the same time.

⚛️ Breakthrough ‘edge state’ in atoms could lead to infinite energy sources

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have observed and captured images of a rare “edge state” in ultracold atoms. Using these findings, they can learn to achieve and harness the edge states of electrons in different materials.

This breakthrough in the field of quantum physics could lead to the discovery of practically infinite energy sources.

The “edge state” of electrons is a special situation where electrons move along the boundaries or edges of certain materials, rather than through the middle.

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