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A new study shows that toxicperfluoroalkyls, which are used in surface protection treatments and coatings to keep grease from leaking through fast food wrappers, are being ingested by people through their food and showing up as contaminants in blood.
You may not realize it, but you and your family are continually exposed to perfluoroalkyls, which include perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and perfluorooctanesulfonate (PFOS). And these chemicals can be detected in nearly everyone in the U.S.!
Besides food packaging and fast food wrappers, everyday sources of this exposure include: drinking water, dust, air, carpet and fabric protectors, flame retardants, non-stick pots and pans, stain-proof clothing, and even cord blood and breast milk.
According to Madbury, regulators who approved these chemicals for use with food and other products made three assumptions, which have now been proven wrong:
1. The chemicals won't migrate from paper into food.
2. The chemicals won't become available to your body.
3. Your body won't process these chemicals.
Contrary to the regulators' findings, we now know PFCs have many health dangers, including being part of a group of chemicals referred to as"gender-bending," because they can disrupt your endocrine system and sex hormones.
Other studies have linked PFC's to:
Infertility
Thyroid disease
Cancer
Immune system problems
Increased LDL cholesterol levels
So what do you think? Is our health at the disposal of avaricious corporations and a lax governmental regulatory system?
Originally posted by vermonster
So what do you think? Is our health at the disposal of avaricious corporations and a lax governmental regulatory system?
Absolutely not.
Grow your own food or go meet your local farmers and get to know their practices.
Boycott these filths.
Make them eat their back stock of McRibs and crappy "chicken" sandwiches.
YOU have the power to change the world.
GROW FOOD.
ps happy new year
According to Madbury, regulators who approved these chemicals for use with food and other products made three assumptions, which have now been proven wrong:
1. The chemicals won't migrate from paper into food.
2. The chemicals won't become available to your body.
3. Your body won't process these chemicals.
So what do you think? Is our health at the disposal of avaricious corporations and a lax governmental regulatory system?
Originally posted by sliceNodice
People don't realize how big of a disaster this already is, and it's only going to get bigger through our continued ignorance.
We are going to look back on the late 20th century, early 21st century as the toxic century. Eventually we will realize an enormous percentage of our social problems and health problems have occurred because of our stupidity and ignorance towards chemicals. For example, birth control, corexit (am I saying that right?), pesticides, prescriptions, sweeteners, dental chemicals, shampoos, detergants, cleaners....
What particularly can we do to avoid consuming these chemicals, besides getting rid of our non-stick coating pots and pans?