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Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body (www.theguardian.com)

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New research aimed at identifying foods that contain higher levels of PFAS found people who eat more white rice, coffee, eggs and seafood typically showed more of the toxic chemicals in their plasma and breast milk.

The study checked samples from 3,000 pregnant mothers, and is among the first research to suggest coffee and white rice may be contaminated at higher rates than other foods. It also identified an association between red meat consumption and levels of PFOS, one of the most common and dangerous PFAS compounds.

“The results definitely point toward the need for environmental stewardship, and keeping PFAS out of the environment and food chain,” said Megan Romano, a Dartmouth researcher and lead author. “Now we’re in a situation where they’re everywhere and are going to stick around even if we do aggressive remediation.”

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[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 114 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Despite all this terrible news about plastics, we still won't go after the oil companies or plastic producers in the US to help put a stop to this.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 63 points 2 years ago

It would be inconvenient for the economy if we started prioritizing people.

[–] ThinkBeforeYouPost@lemmy.world 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I agree with you, but PFAS/"Forever Chemicals" and micro/nano plastics are different things with their own host of concerns.

[–] Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 years ago

They go hand in hand with a lot of plastic packaging. Either way, it'd be nice to go after companies like DuPont, Bayer, 3M, and Honeywell as well as the oil companies that provide them the raw materials anyway.

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[–] ptz@dubvee.org 73 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Assuming that research is accurate, and also given that those 3 things make up a huge portion of my diet, then I'm probably mostly made of PFAS these days.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 46 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think we all are, unfortunately.

[–] deus@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Born too late to be made of lead or asbestos, born just in time to be made of microplastics.

[–] apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Asbestos and lead are still everywhere, unfortunately.

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 53 points 2 years ago (2 children)

"Three things people in this world consume more than almost anyone else now poison you."

Hooray.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

Next up. Do you drink water? Turns out its all poison now!

Soon:

How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.

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[–] huginn@feddit.it 51 points 2 years ago (10 children)

Coffee, eggs, white rice

Selection bias much?

If you don't consume any of those 3 you're probably ridiculously wealthy on some freaky diet.

All this says to me is "The food of the masses is contaminated" which yeah - we already knew the rich pay a premium to get less contaminated food.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Coffee and rice? Just fucking kill me already, lol

[–] massive_bereavement@fedia.io 15 points 2 years ago

Or:

I'm a Barbie girl in a Barbie world Life in plastic, it's fantastic~

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[–] Veraxus@lemmy.world 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Is that because of the food products themselves, or because of the non-stick coatings frequently used to package/cook/brew/prepare them?

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[–] FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

coffee

Ffffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck...

[–] 2484345508@lemy.lol 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I would rather die than give up the coffee

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A lot of the world will die if they give up rice.

[–] 2484345508@lemy.lol 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Obviously, they should start eating cake.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you suggesting we begin sharpening large blades?

[–] 2484345508@lemy.lol 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Are you trying to help me sharpen, or get my account banned from this right-leaning new community?

😐

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No no, I'm just trying to make sure your kitchen is at its best. I do have some suggestions for how to build a knife block though...

[–] 2484345508@lemy.lol 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have found the bones of the rich to be too brittle to build with. Alas, you cannot mention such things in this community. Civil unrest is strictly prohibited!

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[–] nialv7@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

This is our generation's lead

[–] toast@retrolemmy.com 19 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In coffee, researchers suspect that the beans, water used for brewing, or soil could be contaminated. Previous research has also found coffee filters to be treated with PFAS, and paper cups or other food packaging also commonly contain the chemicals.

I'd guess it could also be K Cups and non-dairy creamer, but who knows

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca 15 points 2 years ago

At this point everything on earth is contaminated with PFAS, PFOS, PFOA etc etc.

For too long gov'ts just let the industries do what they wanted without any real oversight.

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[–] nondescripthandle@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 years ago

Huxley warned us that the things we love would kill us but I'd don't think he thought it would be like this particular case.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

So far I haven't seen beer and cigarettes on any of these lists.

[–] 2484345508@lemy.lol 14 points 2 years ago

The only safe foods are beef wheat potatoes and high fructose corn syrup.

[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 10 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Probably because those are not food.

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[–] Cosmos7349@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

But this is my entire diet...

[–] ID411@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Finally ! something I’m doing right !

…oh, wait a minute, PFAs is not a vitamin ?

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

That's basically the Latino diet. I'm fucked.

[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Basically my ideal breakfast…

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[–] AnarchoSnowPlow@midwest.social 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Feel like the real underdog here is seafood.

Like, we know toxins concentrate in water creatures. That's why you'll see way more warnings about fish you harvest on any DNR page than you will deer.

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