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I assume everyone reading this wonders how they would know if they are at risk of something similar. Propublica performed a great public service by putting tog

I assume everyone reading this wonders how they would know if they are at risk of something similar. Propublica performed a great public service by putting together this cancer map: https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/ https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/ It pinpoints elevated cancer hotspots.

NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
Completely unsurprised to see the chemical company dumping ground that is my home state on there. The movie dark waters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq0NmehbOG0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq0NmehbOG0) is about the town I grew up in.
- LaundroMat 4y ago
  The same people who dumped the same crap in my country (Belgium): https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/04/09/is-there-pfas-contamination-in-your-street-or-neighbourhood/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/04/09/is-there-pfas-contam...
  - knweiss 4y ago
    Interactive PFSA map for the US: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/ https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/
    - bscphil 4y ago
      The map reminds me of this infamous plot [1]. Look at how many more points there are in North Carolina, New Jersey, and Massachusetts than surrounding states. Naively we would conclude that these states have way more PFAS contamination. But maybe they are just considerably better about testing for and reporting it? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#/media/File:Survivorship-bias.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#/media/File:...
refurb 4y ago
That’s entirely modeled risk? They basically took emissions and a model the EPA has of cancer risk (wide confidence intervals and all) then came up with risk “zones”. Exposure wasn’t measured, which is a massive unknown. I mean, it’s interesting but I’m not sure I’d put much weight into any one individual living in those areas.

NaturalPhallacy 4y ago

Completely unsurprised to see the chemical company dumping ground that is my home state on there. The movie dark waters (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq0NmehbOG0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dq0NmehbOG0) is about the town I grew up in.

LaundroMat 4y ago
The same people who dumped the same crap in my country (Belgium): https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/04/09/is-there-pfas-contamination-in-your-street-or-neighbourhood/ https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/2022/04/09/is-there-pfas-contam...
- knweiss 4y ago
  Interactive PFSA map for the US: https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/ https://www.ewg.org/interactive-maps/pfas_contamination/map/
  - bscphil 4y ago
    The map reminds me of this infamous plot [1]. Look at how many more points there are in North Carolina, New Jersey, and Massachusetts than surrounding states. Naively we would conclude that these states have way more PFAS contamination. But maybe they are just considerably better about testing for and reporting it? [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#/media/File:Survivorship-bias.svg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias#/media/File:...

refurb 4y ago

That’s entirely modeled risk? They basically took emissions and a model the EPA has of cancer risk (wide confidence intervals and all) then came up with risk “zones”. Exposure wasn’t measured, which is a massive unknown. I mean, it’s interesting but I’m not sure I’d put much weight into any one individual living in those areas.