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Eating one fish from U.S. lakes or rivers likened to drinking month's worth of contaminated water
CBS News ^ | January 17, 2023

Posted on 01/17/2023 10:22:50 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

Eating one freshwater fish caught in a river or lake in the United States is the equivalent of drinking a month's worth of water contaminated with toxic "forever chemicals," new research said on Tuesday.

The invisible chemicals, called PFAS, were first developed in the 1940s to resist water and heat and are now used in items such as non-stick pans, textiles, fire suppression foams and food packaging.

But the indestructibility of PFAS, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, means the pollutants have built up over time in the air, soil, lakes, rivers, food, drinking water and even our bodies.

David Andrews, a senior scientist at the non-profit Environmental Working Group, which led research, told Agence France-Presse he grew up catching and eating fish.

"I can no longer look at a fish without thinking about PFAS contamination," said Andrews, one of the study's authors.

The findings were "particularly concerning due to the impact on disadvantaged communities that consume fish as a source protein or for social or cultural reasons," he added.

"This research makes me incredibly angry because companies that made and used PFAS contaminated the globe and have not been held responsible."

Patrick Byrne, an environmental pollution researcher at the U.K.'s Liverpool John Moores University not involved in the research, said PFAS are "probably the greatest chemical threat the human race is facing in the 21st Century".

"This study is important because it provides the first evidence for widespread transfer of PFAS directly from fish to humans," he told AFP.

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To: Oldeconomybuyer

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81 posted on 01/17/2023 3:50:10 PM PST by sauropod (“If they don’t believe our lies, well, that’s just conspiracy theorist stuff, there.”)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Horses**t!


82 posted on 01/17/2023 3:51:46 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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To: HartleyMBaldwin

Dude.... that’s a good point.


83 posted on 01/17/2023 4:22:16 PM PST by Sarcazmo ("Sarcasm is the highest form of wit" ~ O. Wilde)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Are the crickets clean? I imagine they drop the crickets guts and all into the grinder. What if the crickets ate polluted grass something just pooped on>

Someone needs to make a U tube on how to field dress a cricket.


84 posted on 01/17/2023 4:25:37 PM PST by oldasrocks
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To: Magic Fingers
"The findings were "particularly concerning due to the impact on disadvantaged communities that consume fish as a source protein or for social or cultural reasons," he added."

Ooooh ... disadvantaged communities. That is how you get easy money for the "more research is needed" research.

85 posted on 01/17/2023 5:58:55 PM PST by SFConservative
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To: SaveFerris
I think the place is called McDonald’s

Wow, you go all the way to Scotland for your fish?

86 posted on 01/17/2023 6:15:05 PM PST by SFConservative
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To: SFConservative

😂🤣😜


87 posted on 01/17/2023 8:54:36 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Magic Fingers

disadvantaged communities.......... and along with reparations how much will we be paying them for denying them a protein rich diet


88 posted on 01/18/2023 3:08:59 AM PST by ronnie raygun
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To: ronnie raygun

disadvantaged communities.......... and along with reparations how much will we be paying them for denying them a protein rich diet


And of course that’ll be in ADDITION to the 5M they’ll be getting for being black, indigenous, BIPOC, ad nauseam.


89 posted on 01/18/2023 9:12:38 AM PST by Magic Fingers (Political correctness mutates in order to remain virulent.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What do you think of the research institution?
https://www.ewg.org/

What do you think of the Co-Founder/President?
https://www.ewg.org/who-we-are/our-team/ken-cook


90 posted on 01/21/2023 4:40:06 PM PST by Freedom56v2
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