Latest comic on microplastics and PFAS getting into food. Yum!
#food #cartoon #environment #pollution #pfas #farming #gardening
Latest comic on microplastics and PFAS getting into food. Yum!
#food #cartoon #environment #pollution #pfas #farming #gardening
A new study of more than 45,000 water samples around the world found that about 31% of groundwater samples tested that weren’t near any obvious source of contamination had levels of PFAS chemicals considered harmful to human health. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2024/04/09/sustainability/pfas-forever-chemicals-water-worldwide/ #environment #sustainability #pfas #pollution #water #oceans
Toxic Gaslighting: How 3M Executives Convinced a Scientist the Forever Chemicals She Found in Human Blood Were Safe
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Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people’s bodies.
Her bosses halted her work.
As the #EPA now forces the removal of the chemicals from drinking #water, she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world.
#News #Science #Chemistry #Safety #Environment #Minnesota #PFAS #ForeverChemicals
9 things you need to know about the inside story of how 3M allowed PFOS to seep into all of us while sitting on research that showed the chemical is toxic.
#News #ForeverChemicals #Safety #3M #EPA #PFAS #PFOS
https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-3m-pfos-forever-chemicals-investigation
We don’t talk enough about how the US military has contaminated drinking water worldwide with toxic chemicals like TCE, #PFAS, and jet fuel, including in Honolulu.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/12/air-force-epa-water-pfas-tucson