haxor@derp.fooMB to Hacker News@derp.fooEnglish · 1 year ago90% of “eco-friendly” paper straws contain traces of toxic forever chemicalsscienceswitch.comexternal-linkmessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1208arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fans
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minus-squarePsaldorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoPFAs have been in the world’s water for decades now, so probably anything made with water contains them? The issue isn’t straws, it’s that THE WATER IS FUCKING FUCKED PFAs are detected in 97% of human Americans: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pfc/index.cfm:
minus-squareZikeji@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhat about non-human Americans? Are my pets okay?
minus-squarePsaldorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoPaper didn’t cover that. Supposition: no
PFAs have been in the world’s water for decades now, so probably anything made with water contains them?
The issue isn’t straws, it’s that THE WATER IS FUCKING FUCKED
PFAs are detected in 97% of human Americans: https://www.niehs.nih.gov/health/topics/agents/pfc/index.cfm:
What about non-human Americans? Are my pets okay?
Paper didn’t cover that. Supposition: no