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Sorry, I didn't mean that PFAS (specifically, exclusively) causes Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (specifically, exclusively), let alone that it created them. PFAS

Sorry, I didn't mean that PFAS (specifically, exclusively) causes Alzheimer's and Parkinson's (specifically, exclusively), let alone that it created them. PFAS is just one of the many things where evidence is finally piling up that it's bad for you and the environment. Look at how many Parkinson's related deaths there were per year per 100k over the last 50 years, it's been ever increasing, same with cancer. When I have to pick between "this is complete coincidence and out of our control" and "this might be because of some chemical we started using excessively for a dozen different things during the last century" I know what my choice will be. And I do see the problem that there are too many possibilities here to make an educated guess, and it's possible that PFAS and whatever is in detergent ultimately doesn't cause any significant harm to you, but my choice has simply been to change my everyday behavior in minor ways where it might have a positive impact in the best case, and worst case is placebo for peace of mind and will cost me a bit of time and convenience. Hope that cleared things up.

ceejayoz 6y ago
> Look at how many Parkinson's related deaths there were per year per 100k over the last 50 years, it's been ever increasing, same with cancer. Life expectancy has been on a steady increase over the last 50 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#/media/File:Life_Expectancy_At_Birth_By_Region.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#/media/File:Li... It's likely we see more "old person" diseases as a result. If you normalize cancer deaths by age, for example, they're down. https://ourworldindata.org/cancer https://ourworldindata.org/cancer ("The age-standardized death rate from cancer declined by 15%")
- hnracer 6y ago
  I would really like to see a study of the prevalence of all the major chronic diseases adjusted/controlled for an ageing population. I would be most interested in the number of people who are diagnosed, since the number of deaths could be due to better therapeutics instead of the individual's environment.

ceejayoz 6y ago

> Look at how many Parkinson's related deaths there were per year per 100k over the last 50 years, it's been ever increasing, same with cancer. Life expectancy has been on a steady increase over the last 50 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#/media/File:Life_Expectancy_At_Birth_By_Region.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_expectancy#/media/File:Li... It's likely we see more "old person" diseases as a result. If you normalize cancer deaths by age, for example, they're down. https://ourworldindata.org/cancer https://ourworldindata.org/cancer ("The age-standardized death rate from cancer declined by 15%")

hnracer 6y ago
I would really like to see a study of the prevalence of all the major chronic diseases adjusted/controlled for an ageing population. I would be most interested in the number of people who are diagnosed, since the number of deaths could be due to better therapeutics instead of the individual's environment.