Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought
Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought
Absorption through skin could be ‘significant source of exposure’ to toxic forever chemicals, study shows
Awesome. The guys at Dupont, Chemours (a subsidiary of Dupont), and 3M who put this shit into everything despite their own testing in the 70's showing that it accumulated in humans and caused an increase in cancer must be super proud of themselves. They made their CEO's millionaires, and all they had to do was poison everyone they ever knew, loved or cared about (plus everyone else).
Dupont CEO's
Charles B. McCoy (67-73)
Irving S, Shapiro (73-81)
Edward G. Jefferson (81-86)
Richard E. Heckert (86-89)
Edgar S. Woolard Jr. (89-95)
John A. Krol (95-98)
Charles O. Holliday Jr. (98-08)
Ellen J. Kullman (08-15)
Edward D. Breen (15-20)
Marc Doyle (20)
Edward D. Breen (20-Present)
3M CEO's
Bert S. Cross (66-70)
Harry Heltzer (70-75)
Raymond H. Herzog (75-80)
Lewis W. Lehr (80-86)
Allen F. Jacobson (86-91)
Livio DeSimone (91-01)
James McNerney (01-05)
Robert S. Morrison (05)
George W. Buckley (05-12)
Inge Thulin (12-18)
Michael F. Roman (19- present)
Yeah. More people involved need to be seeing jail.
Now include the boards and major shareholders.
The British Columbia government has filed a class-action lawsuit against manufacturers of so-called "forever chemicals" it says are involved in the widespread contamination of drinking water systems.
Attorney General Niki Sharma says the province is the first Canadian jurisdiction to sue makers of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl, known as PFAS chemicals.
B.C. has filed similar class-action lawsuits in the past, targeting tobacco manufacturers in 1998 and opioid makers in 2018 to recover health-care costs associated with those substances.
B.C. launches lawsuit against makers of 'forever chemicals'It probably wont happen in the US, but i really hope enough countries crack down on PFAs to have some reliable sources of safe everyday products
Great interview with investigative journalist about the work she did on uncovering PFAS https://youtu.be/zjjI7dqVvLQ?feature=shared
I'm not sure that that matters when it's in our food and water.
Toilet is actively flooding the basement. No need to turn the water off, the basement is already wet.
Turning the water to the toilet off won't do much when the whole length of the plumbing is split and spewing water throughout the whole house.
We already know PFAS can be absorbed through the skin, but it's so much worse being absorbed internally. We already know how bad that is for us, so it doesn't matter if it's bad or worse, we should try to get exposure to zero regardless.
Fixing a leaky tap isn't going to help much during a flood. I don't know the numbers to be making any kind of judgement call and of course every little bit help. But sometimes a small issue really is so insignificant that fixing it has no noticeable impact in the bigger picture.
Often it can even be a great way for companies to look like their doing something to help and distract from the fact that they're the ones causing the bigger problem.