"TFA's reaction with bases and metals, especially light metals, is strongly exothermic."
and:
"TFA is virtually non-degradable (persistent) in the environment."
Can both be true. There are trace amounts of metals in sea water, and in soil. It might take some time, but the TFA will encounter the metal, and if it's that reactive, it should react with it, even at low concentration. It should make a metal fluoride.
"TFA's reaction with bases and metals, especially light metals, is strongly exothermic."
and:
"TFA is virtually non-degradable (persistent) in the environment."
Can both be true. There are trace amounts of metals in sea water, and in soil. It might take some time, but the TFA will encounter the metal, and if it's that reactive, it should react with it, even at low concentration. It should make a metal fluoride.
What am I missing?