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New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma and breast milk.

The study checked samples from 3,000 pregnant mothers, and is among the first research to suggest coffee and white rice may be contaminated at higher rates than other foods. It also identified an association between red meat consumption and levels of PFOS, one of the most common and dangerous PFAS compounds.

“The results definitely point toward the need for environmental stewardship, and keeping PFAS out of the environment and food chain,” said Megan Romano, a Dartmouth researcher and lead author. “Now we’re in a situation where they’re everywhere and are going to stick around even if we do aggressive remediation.”

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[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Feel like the real underdog here is seafood.

Like, we know toxins concentrate in water creatures. That's why you'll see way more warnings about fish you harvest on any DNR page than you will deer.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Excuse my, but my only toxicity is in my attitude, thank you very much.

My ink is PFAS-free.

[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 6 points 4 months ago

You're an air squid, your exposure is limited.

[–] Fades@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You've gotta be fucking kidding me. NOTHING IS SAFE ANYMORE GODDAMNIT

[–] blind3rdeye@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

Nothing is safe, except the huge wealth advantage of billionaires.

[–] Wahots@pawb.social 5 points 4 months ago (3 children)

PFAS-fouled sewage sludge, which is used as a cheap alternative to fertilizer

Well, considering that toilet paper is full of PFAS to help it break down super easily, yeah, I'm not surprised.

Either make TP without PFAS, which will make it jam up pipes more, or use a bidet.

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[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 4 points 4 months ago (4 children)

PFAS-fouled sewage sludge, which is used as a cheap alternative to fertilizer

People still do that, with all the hormones and heavy metals? Modern human is above wolfes and sharkes in the food chain.

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

The PFAS and plastics boundary lines in fossil records will be indeed very distinct.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Someone already mentioned this indirectly but I think this correlation is because all three items mentioned go on to be cooked in cookware coated in PTFE or mixed with spatulas and other utensils coated in PTFE.

PTFE is indispensable for high tech uses such as well almost all processes where high temperature near water boiling point is required. 100 to 200C for example. Now, because of its original use as a food process coating, PTFE is about to be banned in a stupid way.

I much rather have it banned from food use articles and allow it for use in niche technology. That would make the material more expensive and so less profitable to use in stupid uses where other materials are available.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

Got PDFs in my bones. Adobe pls.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I don't know how I would face the day without white rice...

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what I'd do without coffee

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 4 months ago

I actually did manage to sub out coffee for tea, and can now go a day without caffeine for the first time since college. It's kind of an empowering feeling, that I would recommend.

[–] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Honestly I doubt it matters. They'll just keep adding more things to the list, this shit is everywhere.

its a good thing i don't drink coffee.

Now i can pretend i don't consume the other things listed here instead!

[–] Corvidae@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

I just made a batch of white rice, once cooked I freeze it on baking paper. Not long ago I looked into baking paper, it's loaded with some kind of plastic non-stick chemicals.

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