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The issue isn't the pfa's or pollution. We've known our waterways have been polluted since the mid 1980's. The issue is the bodies of water they sampled, the fish they sampled (carp?) , and the nationwide roll out of "commercial fish are safer than local freshwater fish. It's so bad that one meal equals a month of drinking polluted water."I'll stick with local bluegills over Talapia any day.https://globalseafoods.com/blogs/news/why-you-shouldnt-eat-tilapia
The more reading I've done the more I agree with the "since the 80s" part of your post. The history of pfa's seemed to be a great example how demand can outpace research. By time it was decided they were dangerous use was already widespread, and still is widespread. We want things now often before long term effects have been properly studied, companies continue to take advantage of that today
The invisible killer. Mercury, PCB's, PFA's. The only advice I'll give is to throw back the chain pickerel, bass, and carp. There's no reason to knowingly eat contaminated fish unless you're literally starving imo.
Another fun fact learned while reading about pfa's, Plumbers tape is made of PFAs
Just to add more to the mix----those of us who live on the Great Lakes have been drinking tritium that got in the atmosphere largely due to above ground testing of nuclear weapons in the S Pacific by the French before that was banned.
I have the same right to make a comment here as you and everyone else, without ridicule!!! And, I'll not let you or anyone else to continually harrass me.
Ah yes a threat to our way of life, and health. What can we do? Does writing to you're state rep, senator go anywhere? I've always believed that if the fines for polluters were enough to shudder the enterprise. They would stop. Yet we all know those stocks, and shares are far more precious than our environment, and our low to upper middle class lives.
Been eating fish for 70+ years. I expect it will kill me in another ten or twenty years.
Have you ever eaten carp?
I haven't, but I'm guessing that if it's like mercury, it's in all the fish, the bigger the fish the more it has.
The problem with PFAS and PCB is that they are so stable and don't naturally biodegrade to less harmful materials.
WARRIOR_ON_ICE: Calling on your chem background- could the test results be faulty? If PFAS contamination is so prevalent, can the apparatus or reagents used in PFAS testing be taitned? So my question would be how do we find out if the tests are reliable and accurate? From the Michigan advisory: "Why smelt are showing elevated PFAS levels isn’t well understood yet. They are a short-lived forage fish that’s low on the food web and don’t generally bioaccumulate chemicals."Same for carp- its low on the food chain. I can see it testing high for all chems, but if the PFAS results are skewed, are the test methods reliable.
I don't have a clue about them being in saltwater but I do they are getting more and more prevelant in the fresh water of Michigan. The main cause here appears to be fire fighting chemicals that were used by the Air Force on the bases here. However, they are not the only distributer of these chemicals. More and more lakes and rivers every year are being polluted by them. Apparently when they are used they get into the soil and ground water supply. Everytime it rains the run off carries some of the chemical into the ditches, streams and rivers. And, we all know where those lead. Yes, they lead into our lakes and Great Lakes! The Great Lakes are the largest fresh water system in the world. I hate to think how many people will die from the lack of water, if the Great Lakes get polluted and become unuseable. Not to mention the amount of fish that will be inedible. These things are very dangerous due to being "forever" chemicals and more funding and studies need to occur sooner than later. Later might be too late!
