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It's definitely worth concern but don't fall for the doomsday hype - this is the degradation of plastics. Probably nothing insidious. USGS writeup: https://www
by abhayhegde 3y ago
It's definitely worth concern but don't fall for the doomsday hype - this is the degradation of plastics. Probably nothing insidious.
USGS writeup: https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/tap-water-study-detects-pfas-forever-chemicals-across-us https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/tap-water-st...
The study itself: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412023003069 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016041202...
Map showing the regions with PFAS detected in tap water: https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/media/images/PFAS-Tapwater_DetectionMap_1.png https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/...
- andsoitis 3y agoDoes that also imply increased estrogenic compounds, like what most plastic containers cause? https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222987/
- Sunspark 3y agoPFAS is a serious concern however and is present.
- abhayhegde 3y agoTrue. It's a heavy concern as well since we seldom have any idea how to detect let alone getting rid of it.