Wen

It’s one of the most dangerous poisons you’ve probably never heard of – linked to #cancer, f#ertility issues, and even birth defects – and now it’s everywhere. "Forever chemicals" (#PFAS) don’t break down in the #environment. Instead, they build up over time, and are now found in our drinking water, food, blood, and even the human placenta.

The EU is already racing to a full ban, and the UK government is holding a consultation asking for the public’s opinion.

https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ban-forever-chemicals-in-the-uk

Let’s flood the consultation to ban these poisons!

Linked to cancer, fertility issues, and birth defects -- forever chemicals (PFAS) are now found in our food, drinking water, and even our blood. When we reach 100k signatures, 38 Degrees will submit our names to the official consultation.

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Show threadGerrit 🇪🇺🌍🍉🔻Jan 26

@Wen

It is amazing how long it took for PFAS alarms to cross the Atlantic.

This is an well documented expose of PFAS and how the industry deliberately sat on the data of its dangers.

https://youtu.be/SC2eSujzrUY

How One Company Secretly Poisoned The Planet

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Show threadGerrit 🇪🇺🌍🍉🔻Jan 26

@Wen

DuPont knew in the sixties from animal studies that the C8 they used in the production was very toxic AND bio accumulates.

In the seventies they did research on their own production workers and found that they had high blood levels of C8 and a high incidence of liver disease.

Noone in the government or public was told about any of that. And they were dumping 20 tons a year of it in the Ohio river while putting out propaganda they meticulously screened for dangerous substances.

Show threadSolar🌄GardenJan 26

@Wen "most dangerous"? Not if you consider acute toxicity. Perhaps "most insidious" -- alongside dioxins etc PAHs from burning plastic waste, especially PVC. eg #Ohio_train_derailment and badly regulated waste incineration everywhere.

People in industry [me too] used to be breathing fluorinated solvents in extreme doses -- even washing hands in it, in the late 70s - 80s... some actually smell very pleasant and were thought to be so harmless! Millions cooking in PFAS-primed PTFE pans, wanting to avoid aluminium with its suspected Alzheimers connections etc. I'm still alive, albeit with possibly related health issues which I've managed to stay 1 step ahead of so far. Far worse insidious poison was lead measurably impacting intelligence, in petrol and avgas, which society has managed to deal with though effects persist.

What alarms governments most, I suspect, are the effects on reproduction as PFAS build up. On top of all those who dont want to inflict a climate-hell on potential children, those whose reproductivity is impacted by chemical toxicity. No humans left to govern! But heh, #degrowth!