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I find I have very little patience for breathless articles that include acronyms in their headline and fail to clearly define those acronyms within the first pa

• freehunter 8y ago
  This is a much better Wikipedia article on the subject, one that actually explains why it's so dangerous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanesulfonic_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanesulfonic_acid There are major swaths of the country where PFAS and PFOS doesn't need to be defined: it's common knowledge and the terms see daily use among the general population as they drink filtered water to avoid ingesting it. But spelling out the name doesn't tell you the story, so if you're discounting the information because the name isn't spelled out, you're missing a major disaster slow-rolling the industrial Midwest right now. The long form of the name is the least interesting part of the article.
• 8bitsrule 8y ago
  Amen. See also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorinated_compound https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorinated_compound => https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorosurfactant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorosurfactant Here's a 2018 ATSDR study : https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp.asp?id=1117&tid=237 https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp.asp?id=1117&tid=237 Effects of Perfluorinated alkylate substances in children (2017) : https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1547691X.2017.1360968 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/1547691X.2017.13...