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> The poison found in everyone, even unborn babies – and who is responsible for it One of the things about poison is that the more poisonous it is, the fewer l
by RcouF1uZ4gsC 6y ago
> The poison found in everyone, even unborn babies – and who is responsible for it
One of the things about poison is that the more poisonous it is, the fewer living people it will be found in.
Unless you can show a dos exposure curve of some symptom getting worse with dose, something that is ubiquitous would likely be relatively harmless.
Remember dihydrogen monoxide with is also in everyone and results in quite a few fatalities every year in both its solid and liquid form and in its gaseous form is a very potent green house gas.
- ehvatum 6y ago> One of the things about poison is that the more poisonous it is, the fewer living people it will be found in. Haha, that’s excellent!! PFOAs do have various impacts on mice, at high dosages: https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_report.cfm?Lab=NHEERL&dirEntryId=158773 https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_report.cfm?Lab=NHE... The question at hand is: How much ubiquitous, world-wide PFOA presence is too much ubiquitous, world-wide PFOA presence? Related question: is it physically possible for DuPont to synthesize and release an amount of persistent environmental toxin sufficient to end all higher life on the planet within 500 years?
- gala8y 6y ago> Related question: is it physically possible for DuPont to synthesize and release an amount of persistent environmental toxin sufficient to end all higher life on the planet within 500 years? Never thought about it this way. Scary interesting.
- _hl_ 6y agoAs far as chemicals that don't directly kill you go, PFOA is probably one of the most harmful/poisonous chemicals you could think of.
- toper-centage 6y agoIf it was very deadly, it would be an obvious problem. The worst poisons are the ones that are deadly after decades, cause a broad range of diseases, and cause problems when the perpetrators are no longer around.