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Texas farmers say company sold them sludge with PFAS that killed livestock
- Terr_ 3y ago> The farms’ drinking water was found to be contaminated at levels over 13,000 times higher than the federal health advisory for PFOS, one kind of PFAS compound, a Guardian calculation indicates, and affected meat was as much as 250,000 times above safe levels, the lawsuit alleges. Looking up more on PFOS [0] yields: > Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid [...] was the key ingredient in Scotchgard, a fabric protector made by 3M, and related stain repellents. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanesulfonic_acid https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfluorooctanesulfonic_acid
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- wumeow 3y ago> The complaint alleges the families will probably have to abandon their ranches from which they sell livestock. That is pretty catastrophic contamination. Wonder if any of the contaminated meat was sold.
- miguelazo 3y agoGiven the meat industry’s reputation in the US, I wouldn’t be surprised.
- vgeek 3y agoThis seems tangentially similar to Times Beach-- where dioxins were used for dust control. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_Beach,_Missouri