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submitted 3 days ago by Bell@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

A new study has found that European wild boar, Sus scrofa, contains toxic PFAS (per-and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) at levels that are nearly five times greater than what is allowed under EU law in meat sold for human consumption.

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[-] _haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 19 points 3 days ago

Megacorporations have poisoned our planet and they will probably get away with a token fine at best.

[-] mipadaitu@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Sounds like a similar puzzle to the Chernobyl pigs. They eat kind of unique sources, including mushrooms, and therefore have an unexpectedly larger quantity of toxins.

https://youtu.be/7fSy52SIWdg

[-] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago

Humans "allowed to eat"?

Challenge accepted!

[-] kibiz0r@midwest.social 5 points 3 days ago

Error: Challenge already accepted on your behalf

[-] Bell@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago
[-] WalnutLum@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 days ago

That doesn't seem to be the same article

[-] Bell@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

How weird. Archive did some long display of loading resources and then showed me the correct article...but apparently the "share" link on it was wrong. Crazy

this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2024
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