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I thought PFAS are toxic?
by FooBarWidget 2y ago
I thought PFAS are toxic?
- amarant 2y agoIt's somewhat unclear, but given that they've been found in every piece of human tissue tested for it, I'd say at the very least it kills slower than HIV. Of course there are many different kinds of PFAS, some might be worse than others.
- vasco 2y agoMost vaccines have had some toxic component in them particularly historicaly. If you look up different vaccine types over the past 50 years you'll see often ingredients are removed or replaced because of it. The general wisdom is that it's either small enough quantities that you'd have less negatives from the toxicity than you have from being able to prevent the disease at a population level.
- PetitPrince 2y agoPFAS only describe one part of the overall molecule. It doesn't necessarily tells if the rest of the structure is toxic or not. It's like saying "I though canine were dangerous?" (yes for big cats, no so much for your average French bulldog). Also, the dose makes the poison, etc.
- Twisol 2y ago> It's like saying "I though canine were dangerous?" (yes for big cats, no so much for your average French bulldog). Big cats are not canines :(
- PetitPrince 2y agoAh sorry, my French bias is shining through. I meant "canine tooth" (also known as a fang), not the Canis genus.
- Twisol 2y agoAh, that totally makes sense! No worries :)
- mangamadaiyan 2y agoCats, big as well as small, are feline :)
- mensetmanusman 2y ago‘PFAS toxic’ is about as sophisticated as saying ‘Nuclear bad’. Western society isn’t scientifically literate enough to develop these things at the moment, so they will happen in APEC for now.