Firefighters get exposed to a lot of this stuff through firefighting foam. It was shown in Australia that the regular blood donors had lower blood levels of PFAS in their system. So personally, donate blood.
this post was submitted on 01 Apr 2025
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“Forever”
"forever" in the same way fossil fuels are "not renewable"
Please elaborate.
I am assuming the person I responded to was pointing out the "forever" part of "forever chemicals" because they aren't actually going to stick around forever. But they do stick around for a while, up to 1000 years from a quick Google search.
Its kind of like how people call fossil fuels "non-renewable" even though the earth is constantly making more. Its just on such a long timescale that for all intents and purposes it's "forever"
Got it, thanks for clarification. Have a brilliant day!