Eating just one freshwater fish is like drinking a month’s worth of “forever chemical”–laced water

No one would willingly drink a cup of carpet coating, shampoo or eye makeup — and yet, many of us routinely eat food that contains some of the same nasty chemicals. All of those aforementioned products contain a chemical called PFOS (short for perfluorooctane sulfonic acid) — which are in turn part of a class … Read more

Study: U.S. freshwater fish ‘significant’ source of ‘forever chemicals’ in blood

Study: U.S. freshwater fish ‘significant’ source of ‘forever chemicals’ in blood Eating just one bass or other wild-caught freshwater fish a year adds a significant increase in “forever chemicals” in our blood, equivalent to a month’s worth of drinking water laden with fire-proofing compounds that have been linked to certain cancers and increased lifetime health … Read more

Eating freshwater fish equal to a month of drinking water contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’: ‘People who consume freshwater fish are at risk of alarming levels of PFOS’

Eating freshwater fish equal to a month of drinking water contaminated with ‘forever chemicals’: ‘People who consume freshwater fish are at risk of alarming levels of PFOS’ PFAS are a group of more than 4,700 man-made chemicals (OECD, 2018), the two most well-known of which are perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS). PFAS … Read more

PFAS widely detectible in U.S. freshwater fish, new study warns

If you like to eat freshwater fish, a new study published this month by advocacy scientists and Duke University graduate researchers is unwelcome news. A review of contaminant testing data from across the United States shows that toxic PFAS chemicals have been widely detected in freshwater fish, prompting calls from study authors for a crackdown … Read more