PFAS

After watching John Oliver about PFAS, I thought there might have been threads about this, but can’t find anything. I love Oliver, but don’t always accept his every proposition.

The EPA website doesn’t engender positivity.

https://www.epa.gov/pfas/basic-information-pfas

Quote:

There is evidence that exposure to PFAS can lead to adverse health outcomes in humans. If humans, or animals, ingest PFAS (by eating or drinking food or water than contain PFAS), the PFAS are absorbed, and can accumulate in the body. PFAS stay in the human body for long periods of time. As a result, as people are exposed to PFAS from different sources over time, the level of PFAS in their bodies may increase to the point where they suffer from adverse health effects. Studies indicate that PFOA and PFOS can cause reproductive and developmental, liver and kidney, and immunological effects in laboratory animals. Both chemicals have caused tumors in animal studies. The most consistent findings from human epidemiology studies are increased cholesterol levels among exposed populations, with more limited findings related to: infant birth weights, effects on the immune system, cancer (for PFOA), and thyroid hormone disruption (for PFOS).

So what is the consensus here. Are PFAS products like Teflon a dangerous health hazard, or is this hype?

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