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.
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It would be inconvenient for the economy if we started prioritizing people.
I agree with you, but PFAS/"Forever Chemicals" and micro/nano plastics are different things with their own host of concerns.
They go hand in hand with a lot of plastic packaging. Either way, it'd be nice to go after companies like DuPont, Bayer, 3M, and Honeywell as well as the oil companies that provide them the raw materials anyway.
Yes, of course, I mean just stop... Eating fucking rice first!
That is much better than those long and boring legal battles anyway. Who even eats rice or eggs or drinks coffee?
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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.
I think we all are, unfortunately.
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.
My guess is the flesh can absorb plastics from packaging
Probably all of the above.
Probably during processing. If they are peeled by hand, the workers are likely wearing plastic gloves.
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Coffee, eggs, white rice
Selection bias much?
If you don't consume any of those 3 you're probably ridiculously wealthy on some freaky diet.
All this says to me is "The food of the masses is contaminated" which yeah - we already knew the rich pay a premium to get less contaminated food.
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Coffee and rice? Just fucking kill me already, lol
Or:
I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world Life in plastic, it's fantastic~
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Is that because of the food products themselves, or because of the non-stick coatings frequently used to package/cook/brew/prepare them?
Because of their ubiquitous usage and environmental persistence, humans are exposed to a variety of PFAS, primarily through ingestion of contaminated water and food, though PFAS have also been detected in air, indoor dust, and consumer products (Domingo and Nadal, 2017; Sunderland et al., 2019).
While certain communities can be highly exposed to PFAS due to proximity to an industrial site or occupational exposure, PFAS exposure is ubiquitous among human populations, with 98 % of the U.S. population having detectable concentrations of PFAS in their blood (Calafat et al., 2007; National Center for Environmental Health Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 2023).
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coffee
Ffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck...
I would rather die than give up the coffee
This is our generation's lead
In coffee, researchers suspect that the beans, water used for brewing, or soil could be contaminated. Previous research has also found coffee filters to be treated with PFAS, and paper cups or other food packaging also commonly contain the chemicals.
I'd guess it could also be K Cups and non-dairy creamer, but who knows
At this point everything on earth is contaminated with PFAS, PFOS, PFOA etc etc.
For too long gov'ts just let the industries do what they wanted without any real oversight.
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So far I haven't seen beer and cigarettes on any of these lists.
The only safe foods are beef wheat potatoes and high fructose corn syrup.
Huxley warned us that the things we love would kill us but I'd don't think he thought it would be like this particular case.
But this is my entire diet...
That's basically the Latino diet. I'm fucked.
Feel like the real underdog here is seafood.
Like, we know toxins concentrate in water creatures. That's why you'll see way more warnings about fish you harvest on any DNR page than you will deer.
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.
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You've gotta be fucking kidding me. NOTHING IS SAFE ANYMORE GODDAMNIT
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