• @[email protected]
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    32 days ago

    Yea, this is a horror movie.

    I wanna go to a different parallel universe without this shit.

  • @[email protected]
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    123 days ago

    Firefighters get exposed to a lot of PFAS from the fire suppressant foam. Firefighters who donated blood regularly had lower levels of blood-PFAS than non-donors. Donating blood might be one current option to reduce your PFAS levels.

    • misterdoctor
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      103 days ago

      Pardon my ignorance, but if your blood has high levels of PFAS, wouldn’t you then be donating contaminated blood?

      • @[email protected]
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        93 days ago

        Yes. But when you need a transfusion to live it’s still a good deal for you. Besides, you can always just donate blood later to bring your levels back down.

      • @[email protected]
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        23 days ago

        Maybe, I’m ignorant of the answer to that. I think they often separate blood so maybe it gets filtered.

    • @[email protected]
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      43 days ago

      It’s the foams specifically for fighting fuel fires that are made from PFAS. Unfortunately, their safety gear also is loaded with PFAS.

  • edric
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    Just watched this today. I want to have the PFAS blood test done but I’m also afraid to see the results. On the flip side, my local water utility sent out an email last month that their system is free of lead pipes and PFAS levels were either not detected or lower than EPA regulatory limits. It’s scary that those regulations are going to be removed soon.

    • @[email protected]
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      53 days ago

      Blood serum PFAS concentrations thankfully have been decreasing over time. It’s probably not worth getting yours tested unless you had some specific exposure other than consumer goods. You should ask your doctor, if you have one.

      This data is from Canada, but the results are similar for the US.

  • @[email protected]
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    284 days ago

    the EPA announced they’re rolling back regulations on forever chemicals today. the crew behind veritasium timed the release of this video so perfectly that i can’t help but wonder if they held it in the backlog waiting for this admin’s EPA to do some dumb shit.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      64 days ago

      It would make a lot of sense for them to do that. Just by the standards of their videos, you can tell there’s a lot of brilliant people working on them.