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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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Eat the bugs like the fish. The fish eat bugs.

21 posted on 01/17/2023 10:44:32 AM PST by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Whatever became of the mercury in tuna thing from the 70’s?


22 posted on 01/17/2023 10:44:58 AM PST by Impala64ssa (If a liar's pants really did catch on fire CBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC would be more fun to watch)
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To: rktman

“Damn. Now I want some catfish.”

Cooked on a gas stove

And deep fried in lard


23 posted on 01/17/2023 10:45:19 AM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Varda
They're trying to get a payout from corporations

They are succeeding. GE paid billions to clean/dredge parts of the Hudson River.

24 posted on 01/17/2023 10:46:50 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Impala64ssa

I read recently that consuming iodine helps to remove mercury. Fish have iodine.


25 posted on 01/17/2023 10:47:59 AM PST by TTFX
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To: DouglasKC

When I want fish, I have two favorite fishing spots:

1) A place nobody knows about called Long John Silver’s. I think there’s one left in my area and it’s not exactly an area that I like to go to.

2) Another place where I catch little square fish. They come with a bun and cheese and I get extra tartar sauce. I think the place is called McDonald’s.

Don’t tell anyone about my favorite fishing spots!


26 posted on 01/17/2023 10:49:04 AM 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: Oldeconomybuyer

How about all of the estrogen that has been dumped into the water supply via wide spread use of birth-control pills?


27 posted on 01/17/2023 10:49:20 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: TTFX

So we can cause it and cure it at the same time?


28 posted on 01/17/2023 10:49:39 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Imagine what it’s like to the sushi eaters.


29 posted on 01/17/2023 10:49:53 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Spay and neuter your "migrants" and liberals.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Crap....I’ve been dead for years...and never knew it.


30 posted on 01/17/2023 10:50:20 AM PST by Osage Orange
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To: Impala64ssa

FWIW Joe Rogan said he was eating sardines several times a week and then mercury came up in his blood tests. Again, FWIW.


31 posted on 01/17/2023 10:50:45 AM PST by proust (All posts made under this handle are, for the intents and purposes of the author, considered satire.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

More enviro-nonsense. They’re called “forever chemicals” because they ae almost chemically inert. If they won’t stick to food at +400F, how the heck can the body metabolize them?


32 posted on 01/17/2023 10:50:50 AM PST by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: 1Old Pro

I thought that was PCBs.


33 posted on 01/17/2023 10:52:13 AM PST by Varda
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To: pierrem15

They tested whether consuming fiber helps to remove these things. It does.


34 posted on 01/17/2023 10:52:15 AM PST by TTFX
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To: Kalam

How about we’re doomed!


35 posted on 01/17/2023 10:52:18 AM PST by V V Camp Enari 67-68 ( This clears up a lot of misconceptions.)
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To: bk1000

Just eat your Cricket Bran and be happy. Only healthy indoor raised crickets.
No free-range veggie eating crickets.


36 posted on 01/17/2023 10:53:08 AM PST by TribalPrincess2U (D.I.S.T.R.A.C.T.I.O.N.S.)
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To: proust

that is odd.
Mercury is a top of the food chain issue.


37 posted on 01/17/2023 10:54:05 AM PST by Chickensoup (Genocide is here. Leftist extremists are spearhheading the Genocide against conservatives. )
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To: Magic Fingers

These Marxists are working hard to convince us we need to eat bugs and pay lots of money to to “fix the planet”.


38 posted on 01/17/2023 10:58:15 AM PST by mikelets456
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To: Varda
I thought that was PCBs.

It was but they will get corporations to pay for PFAs as well. I think here's a recent example: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/3m-others-reach-65-mln-deal-with-ny-town-over-pfoa-drinking-water-2021-07-22/

39 posted on 01/17/2023 10:58:23 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Cold Heart

Eagle wings, panther flanks and manatee bites. 😳👍


40 posted on 01/17/2023 10:59:18 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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