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For the record, we're already dumping hundreds of millions of kilos of poison on our food in the form of glyphosate and other pesticides, albeit not PFAS. Where
by NFVLCP 2y ago
For the record, we're already dumping hundreds of millions of kilos of poison on our food in the form of glyphosate and other pesticides, albeit not PFAS. Whereas the shock here is that we're already so full of poisons that our own sewage is untenable for use as fertilizer.
- rapjr9 2y agoPFAS is added to many pesticides: https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2023/06/maine-data-unveils-troubling-trend-55-pfas-related-chemicals https://www.ewg.org/news-insights/news-release/2023/06/maine... and to some herbicides: https://pfasproject.com/2021/03/05/pfas-in-pesticides-a-problem-of-epic-proportions/ https://pfasproject.com/2021/03/05/pfas-in-pesticides-a-prob...
- OutOfHere 2y agoGiven the absence of effective biosolids/pesticides regulation by the FDA/EPA/USDA, with PFAS levels increasing in soil, the US will become unable to grow food that isn't poison.
- whatindaheck 2y ago> … we're already so full of poisons that our own sewage is untenable… Do you have a reference? This sounds terribly fascinating.
- lantry 2y agoit's literally what TFA is about. read the first paragraph at least