‘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.

  •  shanghaibebop   ( @shanghaibebop@beehaw.org ) English
    6•10 months ago

    In terms of harm, almost everything will be several orders of magnitude less than lead. PFAS and Microplastics might be bad, but they really aren’t on the same level of bad as lead, which is known to cause severe societal harm due to its impact on the neural system.