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Coffee, eggs and white rice linked to higher levels of PFAS in human body (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Midnight@slrpnk.net to c/health@lemmy.world

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[–] Ashyr@sh.itjust.works 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Holy crap, thanks. I was very upset as eggs, rice, and coffee are as close to foundational foods for me as it gets.

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I should clarify that my statement is my own speculation.

The study didn't directly measure pfas in food. They measure pfas levels in blood plasma and breast milk of pregnant women and self reported diets. So I assume that takeout containers is a substantial contributing factor.

But the article mentions that the researchers also suspect contaminated filters for coffe and contaminated irrigation water for rice. So there might be reason to be concerned about other sources of contamination.

The eggs association is a little more puzzling to me. I want to also blame that on fast food sandwhich wrappers, but that might be too much of a leap.

[–] Ledivin@lemmy.world -4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It sounds a lot like you're just baselessly speculating, do you have any sources to confirm that any of these things actually contribute to pfas?

[–] Fermion@feddit.nl 5 points 4 months ago

Do you want studies that show take out containers contaminate food with pfas or do you want studies that show that those are sufficient to explain the levels recorded in this study. I could provide the first but not the latter.

Why sound indignant when I literally clarified that I was speculating?

[–] lemmy_outta_here@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

Fortunately, lemmy isn’t a peer-reviewed journal, so speculation is perfectly acceptable.

I speculate that teflon pans might have contributed to the egg thing.