Nearly Half of People in the US Have Toxic PFAS in Their Drinking Water (scientificamerican.com)
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- News link: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/03/28/1959225/nearly-half-of-people-in-the-us-have-toxic-pfas-in-their-drinking-water
- Source link: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pfas-found-in-nearly-half-of-americans-drinking-water/
> New data recently released by the Environmental Protection Agency indicate that more than 158 million people across the U.S. have drinking water [1]contaminated by toxic "forever chemicals," scientifically known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
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> "Drinking water is a major source of PFAS exposure. The sheer number of contaminated sites shows that these chemicals are likely present in most of the U.S. water supply," said David Andrews, deputy director of investigations and a senior scientist at the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit advocacy organization, in a recent press release.
[1] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/pfas-found-in-nearly-half-of-americans-drinking-water/
Yes, but how much? (Score:2)
How much does a given person take in from their municipal water supply in an average year, and is this a dangerous amount for them ?
Same question, but substitute from all sources .
if you think PFAs are bad (Score:2, Insightful)
you should read up on just how much DHM (dihydrogen monoxide) is in public water nationwide.
American actions are proof (Score:2)
That these chemicals are driving people crazy
Re: American actions are proof (Score:2)
I'm not sure if it was these chemicals or leaded gasoline. Right wing extremism has increased exactly with the prevalence of leaded gasoline with a 20 year delay.
And the other half? (Score:2)
Please don't leave us out. What exactly is in our water?
Water is Wet (Score:2)
It needs to be pointed out:
Where is PFAS in drinking water coming from?
- PVC does not contain PFAS
- Copper pipe does not contain PFAS (but contains lead solder which can leech into water)
- Boiling water in damaged teflon/non-stick pots/pans leeches PFAS from them.
Reverse Osmosis at the tap can remove PFAS from water. Ultaviolet treatments can remove PFAS from water.
But most of the contamination in humans is almost a certainty from using teflon cookware for the last 40 years.
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A simple 5 gallon stainless steel pot still run during the evening while doing other domestic labour can easily supply the drinking and cooking water for a small family.
I bought one for making hobby booze after jokingly stating that I could 'drink for free off the fruit my kids let go to waste'. Did a run to have distilled water to drinkn with the oaked shine I made - basically the simplest whiskey - and found that I liked the distilled water ice cubes and for drinking. I've been doing a boil of a gallon or
Mandrake. (Score:2)
Mandrake, have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water or rainwater? And only pure grain alcohol?
And every US water source (Score:3)
Has arsenic in it also, they know how much this is and it needs to be kept under 10ppb. Tell me what the level for PFAS is that's going to kill me or make me sick.
Toxic Water (Score:2)
Every water source everywhere contains a chemical with an LD50 of 90g/kg of body mass. Drinking as little as 6 litres of it in 3 hours [1]has been known to cause death [wikipedia.org]. Indeed, this chemical is directly responsible for about [2]300,000 deaths per year [who.int] worldwide.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication
[2] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/drowning
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> Has arsenic in it also, they know how much this is and it needs to be kept under 10ppb. Tell me what the level for PFAS is that's going to kill me or make me sick.
Hilarious that you assume any answer Greed would give you, would be magically safe.
Duh (Score:2)
That is what makes it taste so good. Mmmmmmmm. PFASssssssss.
Easy solution (Score:2)
1) Politicize it
2) Deny there's an issue
3) Defund the reporting agencies
4) Don't tell anyone the wealthy will import their water
Poison? Who cares? (Score:2)
Donald and Elon sure as hell don't. The EPA? Who needs it? Let's all move to the Donald diet of McDonald's cheeseburgers. Make America Great Again .... Again ... because for whatever reason Donald failed in his first attempt ....
Interesting thing about petrochemicals (Score:2)
Many of them have been shown to traverse the blood/brain barrier, and actually never decompose. Plastic brains for all. Surely not a problem.
It's worse than that (Score:2)
Further studies have shown that it is chock full of DHMO.
Re: (Score:3)
I have an RO system and all the lines after the filter and to the spigot are some type of plastic (with a plastic valve in the line). The spigot itself has a plastic sleeve in it. Make of that what you will.
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While it is silly to tell someone to sell there house those looking it is prudent to look at the water pipes and find a home that uses copper pipe
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5 gallon pot still does the job just fine.