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Forever chemicals: ‘Shocking’ discovery of PFAS in European pesticides (www.euronews.com)
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[...] A new joint report from the two NGOs has found that 37 active substances currently approved for use in pesticides are PFAS. That equates to 12 per cent of all approved synthetic substances. [...]

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[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Eating meat doesn't save you. Animals eat pesticide-laced plants, you (or our son) eats animal. It doesn't magically disappear in-between.

"Chronic exposure to a glyphosate-containing pesticide leads to mitochondrial dysfunction and increased reactive oxygen species production in Caenorhabditis elegans." https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29190595