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From what I read, ingestion accounts for greater absorption than dermal exposure in populations. If your water has high levels of PFAS its best to shower in low
by clumsysmurf 7y ago
From what I read, ingestion accounts for greater absorption than dermal exposure in populations. If your water has high levels of PFAS its best to shower in lower temperatures so you don't inhale the steam.
Yes, it would be nice if REI and other companies that sells lots of these garments could apply pressure with "PFC free" filters / sections.
- nate_meurer 7y agoThat may well be true, but I'm not sure it matters when your carpets, furniture, and clothing are covered with it. Eventually it will end up in your mouth and lungs, no way around it. I have a little theory that a significant portion of our physiologic PFC burden is acquired when we're babies. Babies positively swim in whatever substances are on the ground and furnishings. My other pet theory is that PFCs are contributing to the decline in sperm counts that we're seeing across the developed world: https://web.archive.org/web/20191221153531/https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/10/sperm-counts-continue-to-fall/572794/ https://web.archive.org/web/20191221153531/https://www.theat...