The way pfoas are treated is stupid. You should not want that stuff used on office supply, cooking utensils or pans, TVs, computers, or home and garden stuff. That’s good. But there are applications such as power plant parts, aircraft parts, laser parts etc that cannot easily be done differently.
It’s like looking at a nuclear reactor and deciding… Hmm uranium would be great as a Teddy bear stuffing fire suppression compound! And it also could stop common fires like wedding cake fires and bday cake fires! Let’s pollute this river since this stuff is not cheap enough for cup cakes!
This is certainly bad, but in context of the general problem of Pfas this feels strange to focus on.
These chemicals are literally everywhere, non stick pans, pizza boxes, dental floss, contact lenses, rain jackets, cosmetics,…
Almost everything that is water repellent has a high chance of being made with pfas. Those videos with the cool water repellent sprays, not so cool really.
Dont get me wrong this is a serious issue but the article seems suprised to find it in firefighter clothing while i would personally be more suprised that its not in there.
Trough sweat these people may get a higher dose then some others but in the context of all unborn babies already having pfas… this is (sadly) hardly something to be specifically upset about.
Yeah, it seems like an odd chemical to focus on. Given that they’re are exposed to far more dangerous cancer causing hazards. I mean just look at Fukushima and the World Trade Center firefighters.
I know those are pretty extreme cases and obviously reducing PFAS is good. Hopefully they have decent health care especially in retirement, but after seeing the aftermath to the New York fire fighters I’m skeptical.
Uh. so did the FFs.
Our gear is LITERALLY made from “forever chemicals”
This has been known for years, but reporting is sadly lacking. See media about Gore-Tex waterproof clothing (https://www.gore-tex.com/outerwear): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ht7nOaIkpI
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