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Pfas detected in US beers in new study, raising safety concerns (www.theguardian.com)
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[-] [email protected] 25 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

After watching the Veritasium video - yep. Effectively all water on Earth is poisoned with a variety of man-made bio-accumulating carcinogens, including PFAS. Even freshwater sources thousands of miles from any industry is poisoned. Somewhere between 98 and 100% of all humans alive have a measurably higher cancer risk because of it. doomjak

As a bonus, most of this pollution was done long-after DuPont and 3M realised these chemicals were long-lasting, leaching into water supplies, and poisonous at smaller concentrations than they could even measure. But they did make a lot of profit!

[-] [email protected] 15 points 4 days ago

grill-brokefrothingfashamerikkka-clapporky-scared-flipped: “In what way does this effect you? You dumb commies need to learn to live and let live. People have a right to pollute if they feel like it, Karen!”

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

As a bonus, most of this pollution was done long-after DuPont and 3M realised these chemicals were long-lasting, leaching into water supplies, and poisonous at smaller concentrations than they could even measure. But they did make a lot of profit!

seen-this-one agony-deep

[-] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[-] [email protected] 17 points 4 days ago

The study is more accurately characterized as "We tested beer in areas where we knew the municipal water supply was contaminated with PFAS and sure enough there were PFAS there." It's worth noting because it's not like anyone is doing any testing and people don't really think about where their beer comes from, but it's not like it's particular to beer. You'd probably get the same results with soda unless for some reason soda manufacturers are RO'ing their water.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago

The more Republican-y the nore cancer-y freedom-and-democracy

[-] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago

Study is called Hold My Beer

[-] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

Good to see they’re at least having a little fun with otherwise pretty downer subject matter

[-] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago

socialism-beermicroplastics-cool CAPITALISM IF IT WAS A BEER CALTILAMJSM IF BEER

[-] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago

the one beer that passed was just a glass of literal piss

[-] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago

maybe piss is the less cancerous option

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

sicko-fem Found a new way to market my Gamer Girl Bathtub Water.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago

Unironically that would be more popular than the original bath water

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