New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma and breast milk.
The study checked samples from 3,000 pregnant mothers, and is among the first research to suggest coffee and white rice may be contaminated at higher rates than other foods. It also identified an association between red meat consumption and levels of PFOS, one of the most common and dangerous PFAS compounds.
“The results definitely point toward the need for environmental stewardship, and keeping PFAS out of the environment and food chain,” said Megan Romano, a Dartmouth researcher and lead author. “Now we’re in a situation where they’re everywhere and are going to stick around even if we do aggressive remediation.”
PFAS-fouled sewage sludge, which is used as a cheap alternative to fertilizer
Well, considering that toilet paper is full of PFAS to help it break down super easily, yeah, I’m not surprised.
Either make TP without PFAS, which will make it jam up pipes more, or use a bidet.
PFAS-fouled sewage sludge, which is used as a cheap alternative to fertilizer
People still do that, with all the hormones and heavy metals? Modern human is above wolfes and sharkes in the food chain.
At least medieval people did eat dogs and cats ocasionally. And foxes & co.
Despite all this terrible news about plastics, we still won’t go after the oil companies or plastic producers in the US to help put a stop to this.
I agree with you, but PFAS/“Forever Chemicals” and micro/nano plastics are different things with their own host of concerns.
The PFAS and plastics boundary lines in fossil records will be indeed very distinct.
Assuming that research is accurate, and also given that those 3 things make up a huge portion of my diet, then I’m probably mostly made of PFAS these days.
Born too late to be made of lead or asbestos, born just in time to be made of microplastics.
Same, except I eat brown and red rice instead of white. I also stopped buying pre-peeled shrimp because I read it has the highest level of microplastics among seafood.
Why would when a shrimp is peeled matter? They’re presumably already dead when they’re peeled.
