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One angle I read elsewhere is that a variety of 'forever chemicals' have been accumulating for some decades now and we may have reached a saturation level where
by kombookcha 2y ago
One angle I read elsewhere is that a variety of 'forever chemicals' have been accumulating for some decades now and we may have reached a saturation level where it's noticeably impacting people born into this environment. But it's difficult to sift through, since the effects may not be any one chemical, but a combination of factors or even some kind of interaction when these things are jostling around together inside a growing human.
- maxerickson 2y agoIn the US, levels of some of them have declined significantly (following restrictions on manufacturing). https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/us-population.html https://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/pfas/health-effects/us-population.... Note that there's 3 categories in the data there, occupational exposure, exposed communities and then the US general population. There's large declines in all 3 groups.