‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us?
www.nytimes.com
PFAS lurk in so much of what we eat, drink and use. Scientists are only beginning to understand how they’re impacting our health — and what to do about them.

I’ve read more than a handful of articles on PFAS, but this one really underscored just how prevalent they are- concentrated in fish, dental floss, blood donations, shoes, food packaging, explosives, food, water, the air, etc. Not only does the sheer number of them concern me, but the fact that they will be difficult to replace in anything that needs to be waterproof, high temperature resistant, or perhaps airtight is concerning.

  • ZenFriedRice@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Businesses have damaged public health for profit so many times that I don’t think there should be any trust any more. All business processes, research, algorithms, etc should be public. No new materials should be used widespread without 3rd party safety testing.

    We can’t keep adding layers of permanent poison to the planet.